Who am I as a Writer?

To be honest, when I began this course I use to be scared that I wouldn’t be able to make it as it is a writing class to the point that when I was asked to write what my expectation was for the class, I didn’t do it. The other thing to keep in mind is that one ca’t be a writer of anything if he’s not first a reader. Before 2009, I was not much of a reader myself, therefore I did not have a voice as a writer. However, after the summer of 2009, when my reading adventure began, I couldn’t help myself but to write. I keep a journal of my reading, what I thought, how I felt after reading a book and that was before I enroll at USF.

Throughout the semester I have wrote a few papers. I always struggle to begin all of my papers, the other thing that was challenging for me was the process of revision. Growing up my dad would say, when you do something do it one time and get done with it. So revision not something I feel strong doing. When Dr. Dyer explained the first major paper assignment’s description, he talked about a Discovery Draft, a Conference Draft, a Rough Draft, than a Final Draft. In my mind I said what have I got myself into? One of the handout that was handed to us talked about the what it take to get a paper from a blank sheet of paper to the final piece. The author talked about writing been the process of rewriting. He said a paper could be written about ten to fifteen times before it’s ready for the audience. The other thing is that did not grasp the ideal of audience and how as a writer my voice can change according to the audience. 

Little by little the process of writing, rewriting, revising, proofreading, editing, focusing a paper on the subject at hand became a lot easier, thinking about it now I remember that my first paper had more than three focus point. Before this class have multiple focus points was fine by me, but now I know and recognize that a paper cannot be well written at the first draft. Though the process was hard for me, by the time I turned in my final draft I was extremely glad I went through the process of rewriting and editing.

Throughout the term and after countless of revised drafts, I would consider myself as an informative writer, because I feel like there is a lot that needs to be said and not much is been said at all. As a writer I want to deliver a message to my audience that would be not only relevant but at the same time challenging, in a since that’s what I want my writing to be. If it was that my mind set about writing one time and not revise it I wouldn’t know the importance of it as I do now, I used the information that was giving to me in the challenge to improve my writing.