Letter to the Reader

Dear Reader,
When I started college comp I loved to write, but I like writing creative pieces that had no purpose. I liked to write just to write. Throughout this course I have realized that I like to write creatively, but there are also so many other types of writing that I enjoy writing too. I have found I really like writing expository pieces as well as descriptive pieces. I expected to learn about writing at a college level and for the course to be boring. I think my classmates felt the same way for the most part. I was wrong in that way. The class was about writing and different types of writing, but it wasn't dry and boring like I had initially thought it would be.
I learned a lot as a writer. I learned that descriptive writing is something I was doing already to some extent in my writing. I learned about myself as a writer and how I work best. I explored a lot with dialogue and descriptions and found that I can incorporate descriptions in my writing in creative ways like through dialogue. I learned the most from the 9/11 paper. I found that the writer used descriptions and real life events to paint a vivid picture. I thought the paper was very well writing and I really enjoyed the ashen man and how it tied into the whole thing. I learned about how you could take real life events and put it with descriptions and make an amazing piece. This story was the inspiration for my Moxie piece. I incorporated real life events with vivid description to make a story that was moving and powerful.
Reading through my papers, I notice that I grew a lot this year. I think my biggest strides were in dialogue and in descriptions. I can tell the difference between my first piece and my last piece. The descriptions are very different. In my last piece they are more based of off metaphors which is something that isn't in my first piece. My dialogue became effective while intriguing. I think in both of these areas I improved the most although I also think I improved a lot in bringing my voice through in my papers. In most of my papers my voice is settle, but in my fast food paper my voice shines through and I think that is why that paper is so effective.
I have learned a lot this year and I have grown a lot as a writer. I explored a lot of new writing styles an this course has taught me that I love writing just as much as I thought I did. I have grown through this course and although I thought it was going to be boring and dumb I think this course has helped me a lot and has prepared me for writing in college. I am glad to say that this course was effective in teaching me to write at a higher level and I and glad I took this course.