ENGLCOM Goals

According to Ray Bradbury, an American fiction writer, "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." This quote inspires me for one reason; I know that improving my writing skills will help me reach my long-term goals. Writing will help me become the person I want to be, as long as I hold on to it and make my ability bloom.

For this ENGLCOM class under the writing component, my goals are quite simple: to improve my writing skills and broaden my knowledge about writing. I can never learn enough when it comes to writing. I'm always open to new ideas and concepts that I may be able to add to my stock of knowledge. I'm quite confident that my writing skills are more than simply 'good' but I do want to become better than how I am now. Although I do prefer writing like the way I normally do, which is descriptive and moderately paced, I know that it is important to be able to write in a scholarly fashion. I know that it is also equally important to know the paradigms needed to be able to do so, such as grammar rules, vocabulary rules and such. I'm quite certain that I'll be able to achieve my goals since I do love writing and I do sincerely want to hone my talent for it. Continuously writing in blogs and diaries will  make  me develop ideas in a clearer and cleaner order. This will also help me in criticizing the manner in which I write. The mistakes I commonly make and the logic in the development of my ideas are some of the tings I will keep an eye out for in re-reading my work.  I'll even try to stop procrastinating by giving myself a great motivation to write and improve my writing. 

I want to hone my skills in writing because of three things. Firstly, writing is a part of my life. There isn't a day that passes where I don't write. Be it a simple note or a descriptive essay, I always make sure to write something everyday. Secondly, writing will help me move forward. Compared to the skills of decorated authors and journalists, my skill could very well be ranked as a neophyte. I want to be able to write in a way that captures people's hearts, not by fluffy romance or scandalous conspiracies but by honest  realism with a dash of unique imagination. Lastly, writing is a stepping stone towards my long-term goals. The dreams I long to reach  will require a certain aptitude in writing, which is why I so want to be an exemplary writer.

All in all, writing is a huge part of my life and my lifelong ambitions. Despite everything that I've learned about it, I know that there is more, just waiting somewhere around a corner or on greener pastures. My writing style can definitely become better, as long as I don't waver from my goals.