Evaulation

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Writing is one of the things in life I've considered myself good at. Growing up I always excelled at it. I became known as "the writer" of the family. I was constantly drafted by my extended family to head certain projects, such as creating a written family history and even writing final remembrances for family funerals. Often for relatives I didn't even know. In accepting my "god given talent" (as my family referred), I have often questioned what makes a good writer. When I arrived at college I realized there are many unique characteristics that make one's writing good, and that there must be inherit balance among those characteristics. Specifically, when I entered into my English composition class I learned that within all great writing lies fundamental principles that must be studied and practiced. These principals, as described in the syllabus, are content, clarity, style, and integrity. Looking over these principals, I feel that, while I have a great start, I still have a lot to learn and practice before really being able to utilize my writing in the way that I want. For me, style, content, and to some extent integrity come relatively easy, but my writing needs to be clearer, especially for writi

I learned writing that holocaust paper that the content of a work of writing, especially in an academic sense, must be just as important as the style. When referring to content the reference book SF Writer states, "Don't be satisfied with a minimum number of sources or a series of generalizations without texture or grip." I feel this is a great way of thinking about what content is and should be. When writing my papers I make every possible attempt to state my claim and then support it with as much evidence as I possibly can. Early in my college education I became very interested in journalism and decided to try some classes and see how I liked them. I loved them so much that I actually got a job with a small newspaper The Red Springs Citizen. While working for them and taking journalism classes in college I learned that within the realm of journalism content takes precedence over anything in news writing. While working for the paper I covered stories ranging from local school issues to car accidents. One thing you learn in journalism, is that you do the story fast and you do it correctly the first time. You rarely get a second chance. You must make sure you content is correct. You must make sure that you have answered the questions - who, what, when, where, why, and how? If you make mistakes in can resort in bad factual information or in some cases even lawsuits and the loss of one's job. This type of pressure really made me concentrate on the content of my stories. Did I get the name right? Is that the right street? The right police officer department? These were typical questions I had to ask myself on a story-by-story basis. I once covered a very heated town meeting in Red Springs concerning a city tax hike. It was mid-July, in record heat. The room was packed with people. Some were even standing outside in the hall. To top it all off the air conditioning was broken. Needless to say tempers were flaring amongst citizens. I had my small tape recorder and I was jumping from person to person getting quotes and so on. I called my boss during a break and told him what was going on and he told me to make sure that I get a full explanation of the tax hike from the council. I'm glad he reminded me. In the heat (literally) of everything I had gotten so caught up in opinions of citizens and various officials that I hadn't even picked up an official copy of the tax hike explanation from the board. If I had not received this my coverage of the meeting might have been factually incorrect and I could have gotten in a lot of trouble. In the end I realized that journalism was meant for me. That simply stating facts wasn't challenging me enough creatively. One thing I has always stuck with me after my stint with the Red Springs paper is make sure my writing is backed up with acceptable evidence.

ngs in college. Nevertheless, I am a quick learner and I feel that my strengths far outweigh my faults. The grade I am expecting in this class is an "A"

Good writing is painfully hard to accomplish at times. It's difficult to maintain and balance all the aspects of integrity, style, clarity, and content. At the end of my 10th grade year I had a teacher, who profoundly affected my writing, scribble on the back of my end of grade test, "Jerry, the only danger in writing is being average. Everyone remembers great w

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Approximate Word count = 2239
Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English