My First Blog

I have never been much of a writer.  Do I enjoy writing?  Sometimes.  I find myself to be a better writer when I am given a specific assignment.  Maybe, because the only writing I have ever really done is for school assignments.  I have never been the type of person who just loves to write and can write about any and everything.  I am way more of an active person who likes to be outside doing physical activites.  So, for my first blog I am just going to write a finished piece of the free write that we did in class this past week.In starting with the first question from the free write, as stated above, I do not have much of a history as a writer.  I just write what is assigned to me and not much else.  I do not really remember learning to write or who taught me how to write.  I just sort of remember just writing.  But I suppose I learned from past teachers.  Although, I can only remember a select few teachers who even put the tiniest emphasis on writing.  Of those select few only about one or two of them cared more about the content than anything else.  The other teachers just used the method of an over-head projector to teach the students how to write.  They were more concerned with the grammar and the structure then what was actually written.  I guess to them they were just following the orders of the people above them to make sure the student's understood correct grammar and the structure of the essay but to not pay as much attention to what was actually written in a piece.  One specific problem I have with writing is starting.  I tend to find starting a piece quite difficult especially if it is a free write piece and not an assigned piece.  As with most things I figure the more I practice the better I will get at it.  In undergrad I became a better writer due to the fact that I had to write different pieces all the time for so many different classes.  I hope throughout this class this semester I become a better writer and will ultimately be able to teach students how to be talented writers.