This semester of English 111 has forced me to focus on my writing more in-depth than any other class I have taken. I have always taken my writing lightly without ever really trying too hard. These past few months I have not changed much in terms of my writing process but rather the way in which I approach a writing assignment. I have learned that each different writing situation requires a certain amount of preparation. Or maybe that there is no one right way to approach a writing assignment, that each situation calls for a different style.
             I feel that my personal best piece of writing this semester was the first short essay. It required me to watch a movie and compare and contrast the writing style of the writer portrayed in the film with that of my own. It was easy for me to watch a movie and observe the writing style of the writer because the style is reflective of the writer's personality. This assignment was an exception to most of the other writing assignments in that I struggled with finding the best approach to prepare for the essays.
             In the past with writing assignments it was easy to get an assignment and churn out an essay of the required length in a short amount of time. All it took was a look at the assignment sheet and just B.S. my way through the essay. I feel that this mainly due to the fact that I was always writing about a certain topic that I could research and learn enough about to turn that knowledge into an essay. The assignments in English 111 have
             forced me to look inside myself and reflect on my own writing process and attitude towards writing. I have spent a great deal of time while writing these assignments just thinking about my attitude towards writing so that I will know which angle I will be taking in the essays.
             In my writing inventory from the beginning of the year I stated how I am a big procrastinator. I feel that this is still a characteristic of mine and will probably never chan...