Writing Experience

Ironically, my best writing experiences tend to come from my worst writing experiences. When asked to write for formal reasons, it’s necessary that I spend countless hours planning ahead. I need to dissect my work, before I can actually begin it: topic, opinion, support, transition, etc. Especially in persuasive writing, I like to have evidence opposing the view I am supporting. Usually though, somewhere about halfway through my work, I’ll begin second guessing my entire thesis; I begin thinking, ‘there seems to be more information opposing my view . . . I should really consider switching my thesis around entirely.’ In the best case – which brings about my best writing experiences- is when I am able to refute my own skepticism with even more confidence. After the wave of uncertainty, I am able to see my own argument from a different stand point, and use it to my advantage. My best works come not from pure certainty, but from brief doubt, and hesitation.