Midnight post ftw.
I'm sure in school, both local and abroad, all of us have been given loads of essays to write, ranging from discriptive to expository types, speeches to letters.
Since my mother is a language teacher, well she 'was' one, she used to guide me step by step, instructing me on how to write each and every one of my paragraphs back in primary school. I got used to her way of writing and eventually I developed my own style when I reached secondary school, where everyone was taught to be independent and accountable for their actions and grades.
What made things worse was that in subjects that made you write essays, for example english, history and social studies, we were asked to memorize writing formats and if we didn't adhere closely to these formats in examinations, marks would be penalized.
As a result, combined with my unadventurous personality and formats that stuck in my head forever, my way of writing became rigid, and very standardized. My sentence structure was very similar. The way I organized info in my essays was the same.
My teacher once said, "Do you always copy from the same person? Your assignments always sound the same."
And this writing habit is reflected in my blog posts. Don't you realize my posts sound very formal and similar? I'm not saying they are good, but I feel the tone is wrong. It's got to do with my choice of words perhaps? Maybe I shouldn't conduct a thorough check for any glaring punctuation errors?
I've read many blog posts by some locals , and I've realized that they write so casually, as if to their friend. Sigh...I wonder when I can break out of this shell and just write in whichever way I like hhahah!
See you guys!
Fa
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