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1. How do you see yourself as a writer?
I see myself as a writer who needs a lot of improvement. I have been writing papers since I was in 3rd grade and I still don't write perfect papers. I will write a draft and then have someone who is much more skilled than I am in writing look over it, and help me where I am stuck. I think once I have revised my paper a few times, I can become a good writer, but right off the bat, I need some help. I believe sometimes, whenever I am writing my first draft or rough draft, I don't always do it to the best of my ability because I know someone is going to come behind me and fix all my errors and help me where I need help. I think in order for met to become a better writer I need to start writing my first draft like it it my last. I need to not be so lazy whenever I write. My writing can always improve, it will never be perfect.

2. Is that self perception helping you be the best writer you can be?
Yes and no. I think sometimes I am writing my best and being the best writer I can be, and other times I am not being the best writer I can be.

3. Consider what you write and don't write.
I write or like to write about things in my life. I don't like making up stories and writing about them. I feel like I don't have a big enough imagination for that. I don't like answering questions about what I have read. I hate reading comprehension tests. Although, answering questions about what I previously read may help me remember what I just read, I like to sit there and just read and not have to worry about the questions at the end of the book. I like to journal about my  day or just journal in general. I like to read Bible stories and journal about those.

4. Consider how you prepare or don't prepare to write a  paper. 
Whenever I am preparing to write a paper, I probably don't prepare to the best of my abilities. I always start writing a week or week and a half before the final copy is due. But I don't work on the paper every day for that week or week and a half. I only work on the paper for 1 or 2 nights before the paper is due. The night before a paper is due, I usually am up all night revising and editing the paper to try to make it the best it can be. I have never had access to a writing lab before.