Nick Argent 10/12/10
MCHS
Beating the Flaws
I’ve never liked being constricted to things. I like to express myself and show off the creative side in me. Generally speaking, I’m just a creative person who wants people to enjoy my writings. I often found it troublesome to have to constrict myself to a single topic and give myself limitations. I’ve been wanting to break the barrier every time the task is given. That usually results in getting a bad grade on the essay which wants me to focus on one topic. I barely managed to slide through my last writing class, not because my papers weren’t interesting, but because I wouldn’t shut up about that single topic.
My problem is constriction. I rebel against things to much. I like to do things my way, which really isn’t the best way unfortunately. I need to set my boundaries and limitations. I need to focus more on the “prize” rather than just doing it my way. Staying on one topic is what will help me pass this class so I’ll have the opportunity to do better and to get through the class. Once the class is done with I’ll get to express my creativity in a creative writing class, but not now. I need to get the mind set out of my head for this class that it’s not about the reader being pleased by that writing; it’s about my ability to not shut up about one thing.
The bad part about what I’ve been doing is, it’s not what they want. Doing what I want isn’t what they want, so it results in a bad grade. When I stay on the topic, I’m following their rules, which allows me to get a better grade. There are good parts to this though. Constriction may help in my future writings. An example is, if there’s something of vital importance in the story. If I were to shift from sentence to sentence getting off the topic of the valuable thing/person, it might confuse the reader, and making me a bad writer. Learning how to control any one topic may be extremely valuable. If I were to master this ability it would surely help m a great deal in my future writings. All I do now is for my future, that’s why I should gain a better understanding of all sorts of different writing styles I can before it’s too late. By to late I mean my school not paying for my college classes anymore.
A major problem is, how am I going to fix this situation? It’s never been my thing to talk about one thing for too long because from my point of view that’s just really boring. But again as I’ve said above, it’s not what they want, so I won’t receive a good grade on it. Staying on topic is just a difficult thing for me, but with practice I think I can set my boundaries and learn my limitations. Once I got it in the mindset that it’s not what I want, it help me realize I need to follow what they want in order to eventually get what I want.
I still have a long road ahead of me. Focusing on future writings won’t help my writing now. That’s why I have to do all I can to master the writing style given to me now so that my dream of having a creative writing class can one day become true. Though if I end up doing what I’ve been doing, I’ll never make it there. As I’ve said, this writing style may also help me in the long run. Such as structure and certain rules that help improve your writing whereas it just being a pointless rule they made up. Overall I just want to pass this course so I can do what I love. That’d make me happy…
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