My eyes have truly been opened to a new style and type of writing. My past experience was always trying to find more words to put into a paper. Not it is trying to reduce the verbiage and get to the point.
Getting away form the formal, official style is much more difficult that I would have every imagined. I thought if anyone was not tied to the formal register it was me, but as this class has progressed I see that I am wrong. Old habits are truly hard to break and getting away from the old style is very difficult.
I have also found is hard to edit and revise my work. When I do revise it is like loosing a little part of me when I delete sentences and thoughts. The revising takes more time than the actual writing of the paper.
Writing is hard work but this class is making me more confident with the process.
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I agree that it is difficult to give up the old ways of formal writing. I have certainly struggled with that in this class. Just putting the word "I" in my writing is a big step for me.
I also agree that deleting something you have written can be painful, especially if you have taken time to write it in the first place and then decide it is no longer appropriate or doesn't fit.
I find it hard to give up what I have written as well. Once I invest time to write a sentence, it becomes a part of me, too. I don't want to give up parts of me that I have worked hard on writing.
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