What I have learned in the class

Over the first half of this writing class I have learned a great deal about myself and my abilities as a writer. I am more confident in my work as a writer and some of the pressure of writing has been removed. I am more confident in what I am talking about and less insecure about my work. I feel like I can just let my writing speak for myself and not worry about it being judged. I am also less critical of myself and feel less urgency to get my work accomplished perfectly.
I used to be very afraid of writing something then having someone else read it. But with the pear revisions in class and the letters to each other has taught me that people like my ideas and that makes me less embarrassed to let other people read them. This also gives me confidence to be more creative without worrying about someone else judging it. I am usually a very shy person and like to keep things to myself because I am worried people will make fun of me but in this class it has made me a little less shy and a little more willing to let others read my work in and outside of class.
The letters that we wrote to each other in our small groups helped tremendously with revising and rewriting my paper. It also gave me a confidence boast when they liked my paper and what I chose to write about. They found it unique and comical and that helped with my assurance in my writing skills. Their pointer’s helps with tweaking my paper correctly without taking out good stuff but the miscellaneous stuff. They helped me take out things that didn’t fit and that were extraneous to the subject I chose to write about.