Admittedly, I am not a good writer. I am quite capable of writing essays containing facts and original thought and argument, but the personal essay is something that I can never seem to get down pat. I can’t remember when it’s appropriate to use a semi-colon and I can’t remember if it’s one space or two that’s supposed to follow a colon. I use too many parentheses (probably because I think in parenthetical statements). Perhaps it’s because of the fact that my major (Political Science) and my minor (Legal Studies) require more technical writing skills as opposed to creative writing skills- actually, let’s just go with that. All of this knowledge, however, does not prevent me from thinking that I am indeed a good writer and that I am destined to someday be a great one. It is this same conviction, I’m sure, that keeps Ben Affleck acting, Miley Cyrus singing, and M. Night Shyamalan directing movies. So please, bear with me as a mangle sentences with too many commas and misused semi-colons.
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