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Writing DifficultiesByWilliam Molnar Franklin Roosevelt said in his first Inaugural address that there is nothing to fear but fear itself.When sitting down to write a piece of work, I begin to feel a lot of fear. I ask myself what is itthat is giving me the fear; is it that I am afraid that I won’t be able to say what it is I need to say?Is it I am afraid of what others might think of my writing? Or could it be that I might developwriter’s block and can’tdevelop my thoughts into words? There are a lot of reasons why studentshave difficulties writing. For me, itis past educational experience. I was in advanced Englishcoursesfor all 4 years of High School. I spent very little time learning how to write effectively. Iwould have to say that at least 90% of the courses focused on literature; for example, Freshmanyear was devoted to the Elizabethan Era. Sophomore year was the year we studied mostlyShakespeare and books like Canterbury Tales and Beowulf. My Junior and Senior year was alsoliterature based. When it came time to go to college, I had to take a composition exam prior toadmission; I failed the exam and was forced to take remedial non-credit English and found itextremely difficult. I realized I had no writing experience at all and was afraid to write becauseeverything I wrote would be returned to me with red marks all over the place. This placedmorefear in me. I think the number one reason why students have difficulties writing is just the fear of writing.Other fears can grow in other ways based on reaction of another person. If I write a compositionand get a bad reaction from my readers, this can grow into fear. I would wonder why the readersare reacting the way they do. Is it because of the topic at hand? Is it that there is poor grammar?Could there be plagiarism? Whatever the reason, it is placing more fear in me. It wasn’t until
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