Essay on Themes and Themewriting :: Expository Essays

Essay on Themes and ThemewritingWriting what I want, how I want. finding my own voice. I could write forever on things I enjoy writing well-nigh, but writing about writing it - thats another story. (did you notice how ofttimes I used writing or write? maybe those are the words that will hold my paper together. ah - I dont know if anything will hold this together)I think I must speak first in defense of matterwriting. As someone who has been away from structured writing for more than 20 years, I surrender to admit I enjoyed doing my first research paper last year. And it wasnt easy for me. It seems everyone else in the class thinks it is simple to slap together a theme paper. But Ive been writing off the cuff for years and to actually research something and sound intelligent was a challenge.In high school, I was fortunate plenty to have great English teachers who let me use my creativity. In seventh grade, I would write plays, bring them to my teacher, and he would let us act them out. It was alike(p) that throughout my high school years. (no - I didnt continue writing plays - we out- grew my princess and dragon fluff by ninth grade) Im sure we did some themewriting, but I mainly remember writing my stuff.Having that kind of encouragement, I continued writing in that manner. When I had a column in our local paper, I wrote about what I wanted in the way I wanted to. It was an Erma Bombeck type column and I just wrote whatever came to mind every week. I have a tendency to go for the laughs when I write. This paper is supposed to be my own thoughts, but I dont think it is supposed to be funny. That could be lens hood for me.Now where was I? Oh yes, I was lost as usual Hmmmmm, finding my way, finding my way...Im really upset with myself. I like to write, but this paper has me befuddled. (isnt that a great word) I guess I need a direction to be comfortable. It must be old age. A person is stimulate when trying something unfamiliar, and doing so in this environ ment is really frightening. I keep thinking that Ive always written in the dramatic style. And yet, I need a focus. Maybe what I used to write wasnt as unstructured as I thought.