Writing Is Never Perfect
Righting is nver perfct. we all make mistkes we miss airors, sometimes we do not prrofread, and when we do me still mis things. Some of us are writing in a second language and grammatical rules are still being leanred to us. We all right at different levels. Some of us are examplrty, while others are beginnings. This should not stop us from sgharing our work. Writing is a tool for communication and we must do our best to comminuacvte. Leanring to edit and draft and build our confindece in our wiring is the only way we can learn and grow.
I wanted to write this post to alleviate any fears you may have about sharing your writing with your peers and the world, because you may not feel confident with your skills. Writing is a life long process of learning and growing. I am an English teacher with a master’s degree, and even my posts are littered with typos, grammatical errors, and poorly chosen words. I do not feel this should impede my need to share my voice with an audience. I take the time to try and learn rules I don’t understand, and I re-read and edit my writing as much as I can, but I will never catch it all. You would be shocked at how many times I make corrections on a post as short as this.
We are here as a community of writers to help foster a mature environment where we can learn from each other and improve our writing no matter where it falls on the skill level continuum. Remember there is no such thing as writing, only re-writing. So please feel confident to share your work; you can always go back and make the proper edits. The ability to constantly alter and improve your work is the beauty of this technology. I hope this inspires you to go out and write something; if you like, start with a comment about what I have said. In order to build communities, we must communicate, share, and exchange ideas. This is the place to do it. Writing is your tool. Get to work!
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Righting is nver perfct. – This added a really nice effect that started of the whole blog entry. You are very right about the whole typos thing. You give us handouts in class and say “allright there is a typo on this line and it should be this, not this.” I do this occasionally as well, and now that you have mentioned this I wont be as embarrassed when I misspell somthing.
Well said, Mr. R! When I started blogging, I was so intimidated to put my voice out with the many experienced teachers that have been blogging for years. Now, a few months later, I can’t imagine NOT doing it. My favorite part of your post:
“We are here as a community of writers to help foster a mature environment where we can learn from each other and improve our writing no matter where it falls on the skill level continuum.”
And all of this is so much easier and more accessable because of this technology. It’s so exciting!
Hey Taylor, remember to add your website (your blog address) into the proper box so that people can link to your blog and see who is making these comments. I am so happy to see you commenting and realizing that we all make mistakes. There is nothing to be embarrassed about. We are all learning. That is why we are in school- teachers inculded.