Sunday, July 10, 2011

Workshop

The writers work bench brought back some of the cob webs I had forgotten before. The workshop in my opinion really helps us remember what we once learned. I can remember doing sentence diagrams in middle school and then in high school you focus more on what it is you want to write about. The workshop gives us alot of information we can use to write better stories, essays or even a resume explaining why we would make a good employee. One of my flaws when writing a story is that I usually describe a character and I found out that you are to give examples instead. I learned something new there. There are alot of different techniques I need to improve on. Practice makes perfect so the more you write the more the techniques you learn will become second nature to you. I still at times have issues with comma splices. I often put commas where I shouldn't thinking I am making the sentence better and this workshop is a good place to learn how to know where and where not to put the commas. I am getting better as this class goes on.

2 comments:

  1. I am glad this was a productive assignment for you Meagan. What did you learn that was new? Yes, showing rather than telling always makes a stronger essay. What were some of the techniques you want to improve on? ~Ms. A.

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  2. What I learned that was new was a variety of things one in particular is how to describe a character. Some techniques I want to improve on would be comma splices and writing better short stories in general.

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