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,
which is, truthfully quite foreign to me. 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 since I know that the possible viewers of my
work will be critical. 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 things I will keep an eye out for in re-reading my
work since I find that sticking to one idea is not a skill I’m very good at.
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 every day. 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; I want to be able to clearly express
my ideas through my work.
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.
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