This semester flew by.
I can still feel the excitement of being accepted into the Sweetland Minor in Writing, just last year. And now, I’m creating a summary of my work in the program. This summary takes the form of an ePortfolio–a virtual threshold to my writing.
But, I don’t see this as a synopsis for my work, because it’s not a skim through my grades for the semester. But rather, I see it as the very bones of who I am as a writer, and where I’m going on this journey. I know it sounds cheesy to call a career a journey, but I’m choosing this word because it suggests that there will be high’s and low’s, not just a monotonous progressive path to writerly perfection. I’d like to think that I’m getting better as a writer, but there’s no real way for me to judge that. I can only see my progress when I take a step back, and observe it in its entirety and ask myself the larger questions about my semester in the Gateway Course. I ask myself, “Did I respond to the critiques of my rough drafts, and improve on those flaws? Was my reflection reflective enough? Am I better at acting welcoming criticism?”
These questions serve to assess who I’ve become as a writer rather than the texts themselves. Determining which projects were stronger than others is helpful, but it is the reflective material that informs me of which of my processes, as a writer, was the strongest.
And, when I take ownership of these processes, as I’m doing by publishing this ePortfolio, I’m declaring myself an author.
Hi, Kit! Love your post, and congratulations!! But there’s no link here, unless I’m missing it…? Just thought you’d want to know. 🙂