First off I just want to say that I feel like I'm going to repeating myself alot throughout this blog, but here it goes.
I write a lot both in school and outside of school. For school I write lots and lots of papers and I take notes every day. When it comes to writing papers for school, I tend to be very serious. I like to brainstorm and get my thoughts in order and then just simply go at it. Sometimes I’ll write some rough drafts out on paper, but recently I’ve just been mostly typing. I type and type until I can’t do it anymore. Writing on the computer allows me access to more tools such as the thesaurus, which I use a lot. If I feel like I’m repeating myself over and over again, I’ll look for alternative words. That way, my readers won’t get bored and my teacher won’t put tons of red marks all over my paper. When I write outside of school, like my poetry for example, I ALWAYS write on notebook paper. Usually I’ll get one or two ideas, jot them down, and then ideas will come at me from every direction. Anything can become inspiration for my personal writing. Also, if I end up saying the same things a lot, I just go with it. Because that’s how I feel. When my writing is just for my eyes, I say whatever I want and don’t have to worry about being formal. Also, I need motivation some times to write papers for school. When I’m writing for myself though, I just do it whenever. Something will usually spark my interest and then I’ll just write forever. When I’m taking notes in school, I see it as something that I simply have to do. I don’t think about it, I just listen and write. I don’t really mind taking notes. It gives me something to do and I know it will be useful later. Papers aren’t always horrible, but I tend to put them off until the last minute because I’d rather do other things. But writing for me is anything but a chore. It’s something I enjoy and I feel better about myself after I get my personal thoughts out.
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Why are you repeating yourself, Jordan? Instead of writing about the generic case study topics, delve into the meat and bones of the writing you've done so far. Do some process writing on your autoethnography. Or the revision. Or your travel experience. Those general topics were just to help you get started until you had a body of work to write about.
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