Blog Prompt #3

Writing has always been one of the things I don't look forward to until I start it.  I never have enjoyed the idea of writing as a class, but as a concept it always does end up being enjoyable.  As a kid, I always gravitated towards drawing, coloring, or other similar types of creative outlets.  It wasn't until I was almost done with high school until I realized how similar writing could be, with the right mindset.  I love telling stories.  I grew to listening to my grandparents tell me stories all the time, and naturally adopted a lot of their unique ways of portraying these stories into my own.  Writing, though, still never dawned on me to be a way to translate this love of story-telling into a new medium.  I think the manner in which writing is taught never meshed well with me.  It was always seen as something very rigid, you must brainstorm ideas first.  You must create an outline.  You must make a flow chart or diagram.  You must pre-write. You must make a rough draft.  You must follow these stems or you will not have a good outcome.  I never did well with these requirements because I do not usually follow this pattern in my creative process.  Having these things be submitted for grades really hurt me, as it has a double effect in damaging both my writing style and my grade, causing a very sour taste for me.  Once I got later into high school, these things were no longer requirements and became suggestions, and the emphasis was placed more on the rough and final drafts.  Now in college, the situation has progressed to where I can really embrace what I know works well for me.

The switch to technical writing has been interesting.  I have always enjoyed using grammar and word-play more in my writing than anything.  This type of writing also has a very functional use to transition into the work place as well.  I have always taken things more seriously when I know they will add a practical use to my career and work-life.  I look forward too fine-tuning the transition in my skill-set from creative to technical writing.  My views on writing as a whole haven't changed too much from this class as of yet, but as well enter into the thick of the class we will see if that changes by the end of it.