"Skills to be learned"

There are many skills that I need to work on when it comes to my writing skills. I'd say the first is sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, spelling and appropriate documentation(MLA). I've always had trouble remembering the rules for writing and never have been very good at writing essays. Seeing as writing essays is a very big part of College this will be a very important skill for me to become more familiar with. The second skill I need to improve on is the ability to critique my own and others writing. I have a hard time critiquing my own work much less others. I didn't really have any classes in high school were writing essays happened often and we never compared essays or worked in groups. So, this skill is another I could definitely use some improvement in. The third skill I need to improve on would be how to compose a effectively organized essay that focuses on a clear focus and that develops major points that support its main idea(s) in reasonable effective ways. I had a bad habit of getting very off topic very quickly and seeing this carries over into my writing this could have a very bad impact on the overall merit of my essays. Also like I said I never had a high school class that focused very much on writing so I need to improve my essay writing skills in any way possible. The fourth skill I need to improve on would be Adopting appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality. This skill is one I know almost nothing about. I understand that different writing has to be tackled in different ways, but I've never done this before.  The Fifth and final skill I need to improve would be the ability to discover, develop, and explain ideas through writing processes that include generating, planning, revising, editing, and proofreading multiple drafts of text. This skill would be important to improve upon because the stages of writing a essay are each important to the final product. These are the skills that I need to and look forward to improving this semester in English 1010.