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Padlet Exercise 1- writing goals Nathan Gravelle

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Padlet Exercise 1- writing goals Nathan Gravelle

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This year I want to try to flesh out my setting and environment a bit more when doing writing pieces with those elements. In the past I struggled with taking my time and explaining what was happening, that led to some of my stories being confusing and convoluted. Planning my work out more will also help with this in that with better planned work I will be able to write more clearly.

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This year, I want to make my writing more concise. Often in past years I have been sucked into the trap of writing too much and saying too little. A lot of what I have written in the past, particularly essays with word quotas, has been packed with filler, adding very little to the piece as a whole.

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What I'd like to work on this year in writing is being more descriptive as opposed to being broad. I tend to write on multiple topics, and share a few ideas and thoughts about each. Rather, I'd like to hone in on as specific of a topic as possible and expand on that one topic. I think that I can do this by going in depth as far as I possibly can, on as little as possible.

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This year in writing I would like to become more confident in my writing. I want to fix my grammar errors, and I would want my writing to be more organized. I also would like to be able to focus and write in longer sessions.

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As much as I love writing, I have always struggled with producing enough volume. Yes, the vocab, sentence variation, and other similar parts of my writing do need work. But most of all, my biggest issue has been that I can't find myself writing pages upon pages the way I'd like to.

Even if I start out with a wonderful idea, it's just that: a well-crafted beginning but nothing else connected to it. What beauty does a flower have if it shows its healthy leaves, only to die before it blooms?

Maybe there's an underlying issue, which is definitely possible since it's a recurring problem— either way, I want to diagnose and fix that so I can write long, connected stories.

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Even though I know the variety of words I use has expanded over time and will continue to do so, I want to make a conscious effort to diversify the words I use and can reach for on a normal basis. I also tend to write longer, more complicated (and sometimes convoluted!) sentences in contrast to more concise ones, so I want to focus on whittling them down until my meaning is directly conveyed. In short, I want to learn to write in a way that I feel is getting whatever message I have in mind right across to the reader or my audience.

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This year, I would like to learn how to express my ideas in a clear and concise way and to write a great opening and ending paragraph. In addition, I would like to develop my supporting points further and in such a way that it tightly supports my main ideas.

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This year, I'd like to learn more about the structure of narrative essays, as well as refine the organization of my essay outlines. I'd like to try and improve both my intro and conclusion, making them concise and clearly relating to my topic. I would also like to try and get better at incorporating textual evidence more into my paper.

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This year I'd love to get better at providing clear and concise back up for my arguments. When writing, I find myself rambling about my points and writing more than needs to be said. This can create an essay that is longer and more confusing. I also would like to get better at beginning my work. I've had difficulty in the past with starting my work, but eventually I get into a pattern of writing. This means some of my assignments start of very awkwardly, which something I'd like to be better at.

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What would you wish to accomplish in your writing this year? Andrew O'Meara

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What would you wish to accomplish in your writing this year? Andrew O'Meara

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I hope to build up my writing endurance. I hope to go longer writing before I lose focus. I also hope to become better at organizing my paragraphs and work on my opening paragraphs.

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This year, I'm trying to focus on making my writing more clear and focused. I want to increase my proficiency with planning out my writing and understanding how a narrative or analytical flow should best follow to help a reader understand arguments and their purposes; in essence, I would like to be able to control my writing's direction and meaning with greater precision.

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I already enjoy creative writing for fun, so I'm looking forward to learning new techniques from the descriptive, narrative etc. pieces that we look at. My goal is to have a transformed and wide "arsenal" of styles and gimmicks to choose from whenever I write on my own.

On a more detailed note, I think my hooks and conclusion sentences for more informative/formal writing could use some work, too.

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This year, I want to improve the fluidity of my writing and work on redundancy and vocabulary. Furthermore, I want to work on the organizational aspect of my writing to improve the flow. Overall, I want to become a stronger writer who is more confident in their work.