Girl Child Education

 What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses as a writer?

 

"I write to discover what I know."
                                                                 --Flannery O'Connor

Writing involves crafting one’s own wisdom and creating a piece of art that involves creative imagination and expression. Writing as an activity allows the writers to activate their thoughts, awaken their ideas and bring the words on the pages alive by molding imagination, reality, and literary style. Writing differs on various levels depending on the target audience. The most important quality of a writer rests in his ability to plan and execute the plot without getting swayed by distractions in the middle of the process.

In the ability to construct a planned structure with organized paragraphs, lies my greatest strength. Writing as a passion brings the best ideas to me and I prefer using suitable words to give justice to the meaning I want to portray to my readers. It takes time, but I am able to put up the suitable word at the end. As a writer, it is important for me to write pieces of work that catch the attention of my readers and they are able to hold their interest in my work. Being a student of literature, I am exposed to various authors and each one of them possesses unique literary styles. I write since I was a child and my specialization in literature helped me in my gradual progress in the field of writing. I always pay attention on proofreading my sentences before moving to the next. I highly focus on intermediate levels in writing; not too simple and not that complex. Since research, dissertations, and literature review have been a part of my graduation life, I try to bring out critical insights to a particular topic while writing.

Self-introspection leads individuals to a certain level of understanding about themselves. Reflecting on my writer-self I came across specific errors in my writing skills. The first flaw I would like to highlight is that I am a perfectionist and sometimes in the process of creating a perfect combination of words I tend to forget the important points because words don’t come to my mind easily. To overcome this flaw I have started jotting down points in a rough sheet before writing. Moreover, my thinking capacity gets slower than usual when I am in a chaotic environment. A balance between the mind and the environment is a must.  I don’t have many issues with sentences that bring my errors on track.

A writer is not a writer just because he writes, but because he is capable of communicating the message to the readers. A writer presents life's realities and makes people aware of their surroundings. Since a writer writes for the public, the roles and responsibilities are even larger. Presenting original and well-researched content becomes a necessary element.