My essay
explores the idiosyncrasies of my writing. I discuss the British influence in
Guyana, and the Guyanese influence in family conversation that influences my
writing. In my essay, I cite authors Kurt Vonnegut and George Orwell. In Orwell’s Essay Why I Write In Orwell’s Essay Why I Write, it is explained
that a great writer will write in a style that is inherent to their early life.
Vonnegut’s quote blatantly states to sound like yourself, not to dress your
language up in a style that isn’t you. I take both pieces of advice to heart
because I feel if I don’t input my personality into my writing, I may as well
be writing a five paragraph essay in middle school again. I discussed my hatred
of the middle school writing curriculum in my essay: the structure, terms, and
techniques. I realize now that it was important to learn all those rudimentary
rules, so we can now learn to break and bend them to produce more successful
writing. All the influences in my life: parents, earlier schooling, personal
opinion, cultural vernacular, are all apparent in my writing. In my essay, I
discuss why all of these are important, and why I think they bolster my writing
in general.
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