Letter

It is said feedback is the breakfast of champions. Besides repetition I believe constant feedback and communication was the most influential factor in my progress from module 1 til now. Having failed my last online class, apprehensive didn't nearly describe my feeling about this class. I was more than pleasantly surprised that for an online class my professor was readily available; even more than my face to face professors.

I've always liked writing, but never really had a strong grasp on form or mechanics. I was used to basically throwing up on paper. I just wrote and that was it. I believed that my writing was raw, and that was alright. I now know editing isn't changing my ideas. Editing creates a Picasso out of a finger painting.

Other than a made-up mind to do my best and a great professor; the texts and exercises made a great difference. I was always challenged by the journals exercises because they weren't extremely difficult yet called me to think deeply about my responses. They also gave me the opportunity to learn about myself and my writing style, which was shown in my writing.

I've learned many things from this class but two will really stick with me. First, Journal #5 where the writing could only contain one syllable words and Journal #3, a four word play. Both of these helped my to look at language word by word and syllable by syllable and I learned to make each word count. From these two exercises I learned how to work in a form to create a work. I believe there is a place for "raw" writing, but writing in a form, creates a more developed and well rounded writer. Which I have become.