My ambition to write is sporadic and often totally random. It usually hits me in “urges” when the ideas seem to be flowing in my head. Therefore choosing my ideal writing place is difficult because it is almost totally dependent upon when my mind shifts into the right gear. Most frequently I am able to produce my best work about an hour before bed when I am alone. I am quite active during the day so to sit down at noon and think about a piece of writing is hard for me. If I have to tackle a major writing assignment it is sometimes helpful to put on some relaxing music to help me reach my optimal writing mindset. Then once the ideas kick in I’m ready to throw them onto paper. When ideas do spring up I usually just vomit all of them onto the page and sort through the chunks later. If I take time to pick through every grammatical detail the first time I will burden the flow of ideas and the work will quickly become tedious. Often times I don’t even write in consecutive order. Usually whatever is on my mind at the time is what I approach first and my arguments sort of puzzle-piece themselves together. As far as revision goes I often need help seeing things from different angles than my own. I will usually recognize that something is wrong but where I will struggle is in fixing that specific idea without losing its original meaning. Using correct grammar is not a strong suit of mine and I try to spend time working with a partner or someone who does understand all of the grammatical intricacies of writing. Personally, if the message is clear the grammar is less important, but unfortunately that policy doesn’t work in school.
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