Writing

Writing is a way for someone to express oneself, relay information, or to answer a question. Some use writing to get away from reality by writing poetry, some write as their profession, and some write for shear enjoyment. And then there is me. I am writing for assignment, but yet I don’t really like the topic. This is the final type of writing: writing that is done for school purposes, whether it is a prompt, or just an essay. There is no correct way of writing, as long as the final copy turns out correct. Some believe that writing is a linear, left-to-right process. However, it does not necessarily happen that way. Sentences can be scratched out and inserted as the writer wishes. Truthfully, writing is actually more chaotic than it is structured. Scribble all over the paper, revisions, and side notes clutter the paper.

Last year, in my Great Ideas class, I learned a lot, mainly from the essays that Ms. Young put up on the overhead for the class to read and learn from. ...