Reflection
At the beginning of the year , writing was not one of my hobbies but today , writing has become
part of my daily life . Writing everyday made me improve a lot . As the year progressed , my pieces had more developed plots and characters . At first , I wrote pieces with very simple story lines like the piece “ Minutes Turn Into Hours ” and by the end of the year I had more complex plots like the piece “ The Shot ” which included a more developed character and problem .
Overall this portfolio focused a lot in details . Throughout the year , I tried my best to describe with as much detail as possible anything that would make my piece more realistic . Probably the pieces that reflect this focus are “ Unsteady ” and “ Turbulence ”. All the pieces in this portfolio went through a lot of revision , probably what I learned the most this year . As a new writer , revision really helped to improve my writing style because I learned where to add , remove or expand a storyline .
Overall , the weakness in my writing is still the organization . I always have a hard time with the organization in my writing because I always want to say a lot , but most of what I want to say is unnecessary . For example , in the piece “ The Shot ” most of my transitions were too sudden and some details were redundant . Even though this was the piece that went through the most revision there are still a lot of paragraphs that aren ’ t clear because the change of idea is too sudden and that is definitely something I need to improve in my writing .
On the other hand , I do think I improve a lot . Probably what I like most about the pieces I wrote this year was that I approach different themes such as : drama , non-fiction , fairy tale and even historical fiction . That is something I am proud because I forced myself try different writing
style for the different pieces so that they all had a unique touch .
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