From Road Warrior to Writer's Block

I remember a time where no matter what I wrote down on paper ahd my peers in aw. A time where some of my best writing my inpromptu speeches given to my english and history class. I spoke well, and with confidence and conviction. When writing papers, I was my own authority, and usually I felt rather brilliant on a subject. it used to be that I could sit down to write a paper, and the the next thing I knew, I had a draft of what I thought to be solid gold. My vocabulary alone carried me across the literary landmines i always got caught up on (i.e. grammar, punctuation). I was the Road Warrior of my English class; funny, fierce, well spoken, and as always quite audible. And then, something changed.

I WENT TO COLLEGE...

All of the sudden, my opinion goes from the Heights of the Saint Helen, to peaks of a of pile of snow from a mid-December snowfall, pushed into a pile along with trillions upon trillions of other snowflakes (opinions) by a rusty plow. All of the sudden, Quote this, quote that, cite this, cite that-don't plagarize this, don't plagarize that. I know research is important, but i used to only use it for the sake of strengthening my own works.

I don't know about the rest of you, but writing essays has all of the sudden got very challenging, and I can't help but second guess myself the whole time I write it. For some reason, it takes me many hours to pump out a draft that is borderline acceptable as a first draft. Am I a critic, or just concerned about grades. There was a time where I felt comfortable writing from the soul, just writing; no worries, just writing for the sake of doing so. Much like this blog.

Prof davi and I spoke of how this blog is the venue for our classes best writing. Where raw emotion, imagination, and creative impulse are the driving factors for every passage we create.

Chris

Comments

[javyc]

Dude I definitely agree with you. Writing essays now,at the college is no longer the same. It does in fact feel more challenging and at the same too regulated. I felt like at high school I had more freedom. Writing has definitely become something else here. I feel like over here at Bentley we have to rely on sources too much.

[javyc]

Dude I definitely agree with you. Writing essays now,at the college is no longer the same. It does in fact feel more challenging and at the same too regulated. I felt like at high school I had more freedom. Writing has definitely become something else here. I feel like over here at Bentley we have to rely on sources too much.