COMM 634 Blog Assignment #1 Ex. 1.1

Exercise 1.1 -Freewriting about Writing

Part 1
Writing is not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of something to do for fun. I actually don’t ever think about writing unless I’m told to. I do like reading a lot. I am very envious of those who are extremely creative writers. I think I’m a pretty good writer of things like papers for class and things of that sort. I am an absolutely horrifying speller and I think the fact that my computer always spell checks in any program I am in is hurting me because I never learn how to spell things, I just learn to spell check. I think I could be a better writer if I had a bigger vocabulary, I have a dictionary in my room, but its about the last thing I look at ever. I’m usually entertaining myself with some fiction book or on the computer. There’s this awesome website that you can test you vocabulary and for every word you get correct they donate some food to some needy people and I go on it, its more about the good guessing than learning the vocab for me. Freerice.com, you should try it sometime. I think I’m learning that I am better at digressing than writing. I was shocked when digressing wasn’t misspelled. But was not shocked when my computer automatically added another necessary s to the word misspelled, figures. So, writing, I think I’m ok at writing because my high school had a pretty decent English department and I learned well from my teachers. Improving my writing though will be totally necessary to move forward professionally. Writing, as it said in the chapter, is an essential skill in any field I use my communications background in. I think it would be interesting to read other people’s freewriting, I hope you enjoyed mine. Now on to part two I guess, even though I could totally keep going, and going…

Part 2
Writing is not the first thing that comes to mind when I think of something to do for fun. I actually don’t ever think about writing unless I’m told to. I do like reading a lot. I am very envious of those who are extremely creative writers. I think I’m a pretty good writer of things like papers for class and things of that sort. I am an absolutely horrifying speller and I think the fact that my computer always spell checks in any program I am in is hurting me because I never learn how to spell things, I just learn to spell check. I think I could be a better writer if I had a bigger vocabulary, I have a dictionary in my room, but its about the last thing I look at ever. I’m usually entertaining myself with some fiction book or on the computer. There’s this awesome website that you can test you vocabulary and for every word you get correct they donate some food to some needy people and I go on it, its more about the good guessing than learning the vocab for me. Freerice.com, you should try it sometime. I think I’m learning that I am better at digressing than writing. I was shocked when digressing wasn’t misspelled. But was not shocked when my computer automatically added another necessary s to the word misspelled, figures. So, writing, I think I’m ok at writing because my high school had a pretty decent English department and I learned well from my teachers. Improving my writing though will be totally necessary to move forward professionally. Writing, as it said in the chapter, is an essential skill in any field I use my communications background in. I think it would be interesting to read other people’s freewriting, I hope you enjoyed mine. Now on to part two I guess, even though I could totally keep going, and going…

The parts I underlined show that I realize I have a tough time focusing on writing, I believe that learning is a skill that can be taught and learned, and that I will need to improve it to be what I define as successful. I feel as though when I need to be serious about writing I can be, and that is why I can write well for class assignments when I focus. Learning is something that can be practiced and corrected and I will eventually get a good handle on my style. In my mind, being successful professionally will be when I feel satisfied with my work and as I improve my writing skills, and use them in the work force, I will find pride in what I have created with my words.