Denisse Ramirez 

Creative Expressions 

Prof. Davidow 

December 3rd, 2018 

Theory of Writing 

My relationship to my writing has developed mostly through middle school and high school. I would always think and write at the same pace just to save up time. I still do that today, as I am thinking of what to write, reading how I am writing it and typing away as fast I can to overlook and edit when I am finished. It seems a bit hectic without an outline or sense of what you are writing, however I made sure that I knew information about my topic. With that information, I write as much as I know and anything that is related to the topic or that can support with extra facts, after that I do more research and look back on my notes.  

My theory of writing is to let your inner thoughts take control of your writing. This meaning to me that you just take a moment to think back on what you know, how you should structure your writing, your grammar, and punctuation. If I already know these skills and know how to correct myself when I find an error at the end of writing, I go ahead and just write. Personally, I consider myself to be a fast and strong writer when I am interested on the assignment or topic. I try to make sure that all my thoughts are out on the screen and question myself, “Is there anything that I am missing?” or “What else do I know?”.  

When I came into the class, my theory of writing did not really change, I had still used my method from high school since it was the most comfortable for me to use. The relationship between my theory of writing and the reason of why I created it was because I wanted to find a style of writing that was fast and easy to work with. It may seem simple, but before a paper, I would always have a million thoughts running a mile per minute on what the paper would be about and how it would look. My theory/style is best suited for me. Personally, I cannot speak on the behalf of my classmates and their styles of writing. Everyone has their own style that they are comfortable with, sometimes people will have the same writing style and share that in common.  

On the other hand, finding your own style of writing is complex. For many students, they find their style after high school, but it takes many drafts and revisions to find a style that helps them write a good paper. In middle school, students are introduced to heavier writing skills and tools to help them begin writing research papers and persuasive essays. Persuasive essays were simple to do and had a clean structure, but creating the outline is different. There is the introduction, thesis statement, claims, argument, rebuttal, and the conclusion. These components all have the same purpose, however they can be written in different ways.  

My theory of writing can be applied to other writing situations because it controls my form of writing, regardless of what the topic is. The theory I have created can be applied to any subject or class and be used as a tool that benefits the user. Outside of the classroom, I use this theory in my spare time when it comes to writing drafts or revising my past papers. Typically, it can be used for an English or writing course, however can be used for history or global courses as well. These courses consist of writing argumentative papers that need outlines and drafts. This theory can be used to assist with building the paper.  

In the past few months from beginning college to finishing my first semester, I would say that my theory of writing has not changed but improved along the way. When writing assignments, I would always catch myself looking back at my notes or my outline for assistance with continuing my paper on a good note. In my tutoring sessions, I would ask my tutor’s opinion if the paragraph was clear or had good flow. I had received good feedback, but I always found space to include extra amounts of research to my papers for extra credit. My courses of Creative Expressions and Philosophy of Art have both influenced my theory of writing the most. Both courses had helped me build research papers with good sources, reliable notes from class, and peers from class who I could trust with criticism that improved my writing.  

Before I had just believed that writing without thinking would be a good strategy to use when writing, but then realized that the assistance others can help you catch errors and support your paper in ways you might have not thought of before. I am grateful to have the opportunity of taking these classes and become a better writer, it has been an exciting experience also to see theories of writing my classmates have invented themselves. I plan to use my theory of writing and extra tips for next semester to continue to learn and write longer papers.