My Writing Process

Whenever I sit down to write a paper for a class, say maybe for English, it always seems like I can manage to come up with at least a little bit of my paper. But, as I’m sure everyone agrees, I can write so much more all at once and have a lot more to say when I put myself in a certain environment.

Back when I was in high school, I took a required composition class my junior year. My teacher taught us that people write better at different times during the day. Whether it be early in the morning or way late at night, everyone has a different period during their day when they can getting the “writing juices” flowing. It was funny, because eventually in that class, we would have people walk in on the day that our papers due, and they would say things like, “I’m so tired; I stayed up all last night to write the rest of my paper because I write better late at night!” There were times when I would fall victim to one of these late nights, perhaps because I tend to be a night owl. Now that I’m in college though, I tend not to stay up too too late to do homework, unless I can sleep in a little bit in the morning.

Now that I’m here at Illinois State, I often try to do my homework in my dorm room, simply because I am too lazy to take all my stuff and walk somewhere else to do it. But there are times where I cannot focus at all in my dorm room, whether it be because of roommates, or just because. This is when I like to go to Milner Library. My favorite place to go in Milner is on the fourth floor in the corners with the huge windows. Not only is it quiet, but I love being able to look outside and see everything. I don’t know why, but for whatever reason, this helps me to be more creative with my writing. 346