practice makes perfect

The papers that I used to write would take me so long to write and I would hate writing them too. It would take me forever to think of a topic to write on, and then it would take me even longer to think of how to talk about that topic and make it sound good. I would be so critical of my writing and always ask myself does this really sound right? Then I would doubt my writing and I would erase whatever I wrote, because I felt like it had to be perfect and my writing wasn’t perfect. Being in my English 105 class this year has helped me realize that my writing doesn’t always have to be perfect, and that I need to just write and stop being so critical of what I write. I can tell that by having to write a lot has made me more confident in my writing. If you would have told me that I would have to write every week for this class I would have dropped it right away, but I found out that writing a lot makes me a better writer. I guess it’s true that practice does make perfect. I always thought that you were born a natural writer; that either you could write well or you couldn’t and that was that. Some people do have that natural ability to write really well, but I believe that anyone can become a great writer if they practice writing and have confidence in their writing.