Tips Anyone?

I believe that in writing we need to have some ground rules. Me personally, I am not a very strong writer, but I attempt to write. One of the ground rules should be use correct spelling. I know that I am not the greatest speller in the world, but I try. A second rule would be the correct usage of punctuation. I myself am guilty of not using punctuation right. A third rule would be to proof-read. Read on and see for yourself.


First off I am not the best speller in the world, so I would like to learn from this rule. In writing, it is almost necessary to have correct spelling. Some one could be writing a really good paper, but their spelling is horrible, it could ruin the whole paper. Being able to spell is a crucial part of writing. Writing is a form of communication. When two people are communicating to each other, the spelling must be right in order for it to make sense. Spelling is a huge part in good writing.

Secondly, I myself, do not use punctuation well. I think that most teenagers struggle with using punctuation in the correct way. If their is a period in the wrong place, it can mess everything up and make something very confusing. In writing a story punctuating is key because it can completely make of break what the writer is saying. I think that as a high school senior, I have been taught about punctuation just about my entire schooling experience. But somehow, a lot of things were left out. I feel like I should know more. Like when to use a colon, but sadly I get confused on when to use one. So I think that by knowing how to punctuate correctly, we can all become better writers.

Lastly, I think that proof-reading is the biggest rule out there. I strongly feel that everything that is written needs to be proof-read. All throughout our schooling we are taught to proof-read, but somehow, we always forget to do it. It just slips our minds. I for one, to be completely honest, hardly ever proof-read anything I write. I know thats a bad thing, and it can at times get you into some trouble. Today more people think they are to busy to set some time aside to proof-read something that they had written. That needs to change in my opinion. We all need to take some time out of our busy lives and just do whats important. When proof-reading a paper, take your time and read it. Proof-reading can only make something better.

As far as my weaknesses go, I can not spell for anything. Honestly I take a lot more time than needed just to make sure that I spelled everything correctly. When writing a paper, the spell check becomes my best friend. I use it all the time. I really need to just think before spelling out something that is completely wrong and getting laughed at for it. So in retrospect, I need to take my time and think before I write.

My fourth grade teacher once told me that I can write a decent story. So as far as strengths go, I would say writing a story is at the top of the list. I like to put myself in the situations that i come up with, or if thats what I am going through at the current moment. So writing stories for me is something that lets me get all my thoughts out and makes me feel better about things. I do not know if I am currently good at writing stories, or if that was a one time thing. None-the-less, I feel like my strongest things is writing a story.