Week Three

This week has been very challenging for me. After spending 3 weeks in this course I am starting to realize how little I know about grammar and editing. This week I have found that there are several grammatical rules that I am not familiar with. I am hoping this course will help me improve my writing skills.  

Listed below is my 11^th secret to writing well:

 After many years as a student I have come to understand a great secret to writing. My secret is simply this: “just write.” You might be thinking that my secret contradicts our reading, but let me explain this secret further. First, you must educate yourself and identify what you would like to write about. Once you have taken this first step, sit down and just write. I have found that when I overthink what I am writing about I get nowhere. I have also found that when I let my thoughts run the piece of paper they will usually flow better. Once your thoughts are written down you must rework them and clean them up. (This is the trick I am still figuring out.)

This first grammatical error I found was a Chick-fila billboard which reads “Eat Mor Chikin”

This grammatical error is pretty obvious and should read: “Eat More Chicken.”

The second grammatical error I found was in an email I sent for work.  I need to be more careful when I write emails.

 This sentence should read: Attached to this email is the Trade Application we discussed. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to me.