My experience of writing II

As I wrote in 'My writing experience I,' writing is not just another skill, but it involves not only a long process but also a great effort.
All along this year, I've gone through this process and I've also put a great deal of effort, even though sometimes it was not enough. However, if I compare the way I used to write and the way I write now, I see that I find myself at a different stage. Now, it is simpler for me to start writing any piece. This may be due to the fact that I was given the tools, I assimilated them and I also tried to applied them to the piece I wanted to write. I found it extremely useful the peer- feedback and the teacher- feedback sessions since they trained me to pay attention not only to grammar but also to other important details that I tended to forget such as range, register, style, organization and content. It seems as if they made me realise that a piece is not just made of grammar, but also of many other things that make it look like a composition.

Having used each novel as a brainstorming for each of our compositions was both creative and motivating. This method was really fruitful for me since I tended to run out of ideas in the middle of my compositions. Having in mind a book we'd read and discussed in class helped me to solve this problem on several occasions. Our oral discussions in class were also a useful resource when I didn't know how to go on my piece.

Another strategy that I'd like to highlight is that we were asked to write different genres. When I started Language III, I expected everything to be related to essays. To my sorprise, we didn't even mentioned the word 'essay' until June. I consider it to be a positive strategy since most of us used to believe that each of the language courses were aimed to make students write a particular genre. This year we've learnt to write other things, not only essays.

To conclude, though I still consider that I have to go on improving my writing skills, I think it has been a great experience since now I'm more aware of the way I have to run to get my aim!