Writing is difficult. It takes a lot of time to craft something enjoyable to read, professional sounding, and informative. The time taken to write skillfully is proportional to the amount of information that needs to be conveyed. My weakness is not writing often, and with this lack of experience, it takes longer to compose. When a long writing task comes up, I may compromise the quality of my work to finish within a deadline. Sentences are “wordy” because rephrasing to be succinct requires more thought. Pronouns like “I”, “me”, and “you” may appear too often. Despite all this, my writing process has improved after learning to avoid procrastination. During my first degree, I would leave my writing assignments to the last second, leaving little time to perfect them. Also, by starting difficult assignments earlier, they will be finished more quickly. Therefore, less time is spent worrying.
On the other hand, I excel with shorter writing tasks. My one-page letters, memorandum, or emails are a pleasure to read when not written under time-pressure. I am able to maintain a positive, encouraging tone and be concise in all communications. Explanations are clear and carry logic all the way through. Since I am pursuing a future career in science and technology, short technical communications will be commonplace and my strengths will shine. For longer assignments in my career such as formal and scientific reports, there will be more time entrenched in the research beforehand. Since the research will already be done, there will be more time to work on properly synthesizing it into a report. Being more familiar with the field I am writing about will also help a great deal.