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Jordan Melander December 8, 2010 Eng. 103 Mr. Hartman Cover Letter School and all the work behind it has never had too many die heart fans. I definitely belong in the boat of kids who dreads school, but we all know it is something that must be done to live a successful life. There are some subjects and trades I don’t mind doing, but writing has never been something I get excited for and jump right up to do. I always figured hey, I have a voice for a reason why not just speak my thoughts instead of doing the tedious task of writing them down. English 103 and Mr. Hartman have definitely turned my beliefs on this. Writing is such a beautiful and amazing tool we all have. Writing is the best way to express ideas, thoughts, opinions, and beliefs. The procedure of writing allows you to dig down deep and truly “voice” anything and everything you would have wanted to say. To most people, I definitely am a goofy out-going girl, but there is a lot more to me than that! This year I have found that writing in a little journal can be such an amazing way to get out thoughts I don’t have the courage to say to someone in real life. It is really like a relief to me now. I use to think it was really a silly thing to write in a journal, but it totally is not and I believe it would be quite beneficial for many people to do so. I learned how great it felt to free write when Mr. Hartman had us free write in the beginning of the year about whatever was on our mind, no one to impress and no one to hide from. Yes, I have done free writing before, but come to think of it, it wasn’t really free? In high school my teachers gave me topics to write about, and we would usually have to turn it in. I learned really how many great thoughts I have and was able to put them on paper. Working at it and not giving up on the thoughts you can't seem to surface is the key. I have potential to be a good writer, who would have ever thought that! This year I started off with the thought process that no matter how much I worked on a paper it still would not even be up to par. I absolutely hated writing, so I would put it off until I absolutely had to begin. I mean if I am not a great writer, it won’t matter if I start on a paper sooner and worked on it more right? Absolutely wrong! Procrastination is one of my weakest traits I have in all of my school work, and definitely when it comes to writing papers. No one likes to start something and spend loads of time on it when they are convinced they will not succeed while doing so. I literally would spend no time on a paper before I took this class and previously my zero draft, first draft, and final copy were exactly identical. In English 103, I realized that writing is something different. The more time you give yourself to write and more time you spend on a piece, the better your paper will turn out. Starting papers earlier than usual actually allowed me to enjoy what I was writing about for once and get down deeper into the emotions of a paper. The writing proccess truly is crucial to a great paper. Yes it requires more effort and time getting your free thoughts out and changing them into metaphors and more artsy sentences, but one would be surprised at the drastic effect of how drafts truly can make or break you. I noticed the increase in my grades definitely the earlier I started working on the process of my paper. This is what helped me a lot, was the process we learned to use. I loved how Mr. Hartman had us do all the different drafts, and brainstorming, because it helped me to not procrastinate without even realizing it! I always thought writing was just writing, and there couldn’t possibly be that many different kinds. English 103 broadened my awareness of the various types of genres in the English language. The different type of papers Mr. Hartman assigned out class this semester were all completely different from each other. It was eye opening when I realized how much writing can affect and help you out in the real world. My all time favorite piece of writing was my last assignment in Eng. 103. Our last paper due for the semester would be a multi-genre paper. What in heavens is a multi-genre? I had never heard such of a thing. A multi-genre was pretty much adding together all of our work for the semester and combining it into one beautiful masterpiece. I did enjoy most of the papers we wrote this year which was odd for me, but I would never have guessed there would be a paper I would want to work on all the time as much as possible. This was the first paper I truly felt successful about, and was extremely proud of. It was about my twin brother which obviously would bring many emotions to the surface, but I was so into this piece and felt I delievered my ideas and expressions exactly how I had intended too. This paper allowed me to feel no restraints, and showed that writing isn't what everyone always categorizes to be. This was a breaking point that writing could actually be fun. The emotions I expressed through all the different genres i used could have never been fully understood by me speaking them. Procrastination did not exist when it came to this assignment. I brainstormed, wrote a zero draft, first draft, and even altered my final product. I put alot of work into that paper and rotated and adjusted some of my writing to fit in better in other places of the paper numerous times. The multi genre is the first paper I finally put to use the amazing writing proccess Mr. Hartman stressed and taught us to use. The skills developed in English 103 truly can't even be explained. I grew in so many various ways in my writing, and I actually have learned to enjoy myself while putting the pen to the paper. I definitely can now make opposing arguments seem evident in a paper, use reasearching techniques, write an official letter, make emotions seem more alive, and put ideas together better than ever imaginable. There are and will be points in time where I will get frustrated writing, and make many absurd mistakes, but there is so much more I will have added to a paper than before. I am nowhere near a perfect or even a great writer at that, but finally I can atleast call myself a writer.