Post One - Adriana

This past week made me realize how much of a difference there is between informal and formal writing. While in my mind they are separated, when reading some of the articles it made me realize how it is hard to let go of "standard" writing. I knew it was hard for some students and peers but I never really thought that it was difficult for me as I have some history with creative writing but now reflecting on it some more, it made me realize that it is not entirely true as when we are told to take notes in a none constraining way or the way we are taught in high school English class, I end up reverting back to those structures I was taught years ago. And it made me realize maybe my thinking process is not as fluid as I thought it was (or as fluid as I'd like). And it made me realize that instead of writer's block as I thought I have had for the past few years, maybe it is that the further I got into my degree that my creativity or thought process that I had just started diminishing and it simply became too hard to try to write as I once did. While I do appreciate all the skills I was given for the past few years, it does make me question if there is a way to become as open to new ideas as I was then. So far in this class I have been able to self-reflect on habits I didn't know I had and now I can see ways to improve my thinking process and writing as academic writing is only one of the many ways to utilize writing and there is no need to push one form of writing away because it is less "important" or "valuable" because while I have gotten good as academic writing, I do miss the sense of pure joy that I got writing for hours just for fun and self-indulgence.

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