by Laura Lai/ Uncategorized
On March 8th, 2021 I have
enrolled in the course Academic and Business Writing provided by Berkeley, University of California. The
reasons why I enrolled in this course are: to improve my writing
skills, practice my English and expand my English vocabulary, and learn
more about proofreading, editing, and punctuation. Assignments are diverse, but
one of the assignments concerns answering a set of questions regarding writing
that can be answered directly on the blog. My Writing
Blog is a great place to post such an assignment! And I will do so in the
following weeks. Here are my answers for this week's journal-type of assignment:
Write a paragraph about what type of writing you typically do.
First
and foremost, I write dialogues. I’ve always loved to write dialogues and I
thought to take the challenge and combine my pleasure to write dialogues with
my political science background and write a particular type of drama called ‘single
issue drama’ that puts more accent on the debate than on the characters. But
when I write for this Writing Blog, I stick to writing essays, comments, and
reviews on topics from politics, culture, and sports. All other writings (such
as creative writings) that cannot be classified as essays, comments, or reviews,
I classify them as ‘uncategorized’.
In another paragraph, write what you think about writing. Do you enjoy it? Dread it?
I
love writing. I’ve always enjoyed doing the different compositions I was
supposed to for school. Then I enjoyed dissertations. Nowadays, I write across a
range of genres (dramatic and epic), across a range of styles, and across a range
of audiences (adults and children). But writing is one thing – a lovely thing I
constantly improve. Self-publishing your work is another thing – a complex
thing I am still learning. The way the reading public will apprehend a less
approached type of drama as the single issue drama is … I would not say that I ‘dread’
(with the sense of ‘fear’), but it makes me curious. Hopefully, it will be a
positive reaction!
Finally, write another paragraph about what area of writing you need to improve most. Do you want to be a better essay writer? A more creative writer? A good business writer?
The reason why I work
on being a complex writer is that different ideas can be expressed better in
different formats. My blog and my writing motto are that ‘one drop of ink may
make one million think’, but I would like to know different writing styles so
that I can pick the right one for the drop of an idea I have. I enrolled in this
course to take the best of it in all aspects of writing it offers. Yes, I want
to write even better essays! There are topics that can become clearer when
expressed as essays. Yes, I want to be a more creative writer! Usually, a
writer is creative; exercises can challenge this creativity to practice it, I
am not sure about increasing it, but if it is possible, why not? And yes, I
want to be a good business writer! It is great to sound professional when the
circumstances ask for it!
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