My goal for the semester was to write in a way I have never written before. I hoped to write about something I do not usually write about. Another goal that I had was more academic I also hoped to get an 90 and up in this class but that goal unlike the others was not achieved. I was able to put all my strength into my writing and work really hard to make every piece into a memorable piece. I think this was also my flaw when it came to this semester I didn't do anything but focus on the writing and not the other things we had to do in class. I feel like if I would have focused more on doing some of the other work like studying for my vocabulary exam. One of the biggest struggles I had this semester was doing my homework in school. I could never do it the years before so this year was not different. I can't do homework outside of my home but when I got home I would have wasted my time with my friends. The main way I have solved this is that sometimes I make sure I hang out with friends who have to do homework or have a computer for me to use since the laptops at Hunter are always taken and we can't get Macs. I still need to work on this because sometimes I can really procrastinate and not get my work done on time.
I took Geography and Math 101 and I hated them both. I realized that Math was not the walk in the park I thought it was. I also learned that lectures will drain you and that paying attention is key for all college classes. I did hate both my classes but I'm sure I passed both with at-least an 80 until this point. In a year I don't see myself doing anything differently. I might be able to change my hanging out habits but my way of doing work will remain the same. I have no idea what I want to do myself but I'm sure it will be something that has to do with the arts. I think I am still a beginner when it comes to writing but I am good at it. I think that if you don't know how to put your ideas onto paper you can't express yourself properly in conversation. Knowing writing techniques can help you know what to look for in reading when you are studying for something that might be symbolic, like in history taking notes of setting and ideas is something that is important. When you know how to express yourself on paper you can express yourself in life in any given situation.
Throughout this course I have learned that fiction is not just about making up things you think will be cool but also about making things believable. I have enjoyed all the pieces that we didn't have set characters because that is my favorite part of fiction, making a believable character that can relate to me. The easiest part of my writing is coming up with a character and making the reader feel for them instead of not care about them at all. It is my favorite part of writing because I do it all the time with video games. The most difficult skill is making the setting symbolic without it being too obvious. I guess I have a tough time with this because I think a lot of my setting conflicts are too obvious so I have to stop judging my ideas. By the end of the year I hope to write a character that I fall in love with and keep writing about. By the end of the year in college is developing better homework planning habits. This portfolio has many of the ideas that come to my mind and it also shows how creative I can really be. It also shows how dedicated I am to my writting
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