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    The document is a letter written by a student, Nick Tuttle, reflecting on his growth as a writer over the course of a semester. He discusses struggling as a writer initially but finding that daily writing exercises and literacy narratives helped improve his skills. The self-authorship essays where he explored himself were the most beneficial, allowing him to better understand himself. While later assignments were more difficult due to time constraints, he was still able to effectively communicate his ideas. Overall, Nick sees his ePortfolio as demonstrating his significant progress and growth as a writer during the semester.

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    Dear Reader

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    The document is a letter written by a student, Nick Tuttle, reflecting on his growth as a writer over the course of a semester. He discusses struggling as a writer initially but finding that daily writing exercises and literacy narratives helped improve his skills. The self-authorship essays where he explored himself were the most beneficial, allowing him to better understand himself. While later assignments were more difficult due to time constraints, he was still able to effectively communicate his ideas. Overall, Nick sees his ePortfolio as demonstrating his significant progress and growth as a writer during the semester.

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    The document is a letter written by a student, Nick Tuttle, reflecting on his growth as a writer over the course of a semester. He discusses struggling as a writer initially but finding that daily writing exercises and literacy narratives helped improve his skills. The self-authorship essays where he explored himself were the most beneficial, allowing him to better understand himself. While later assignments were more difficult due to time constraints, he was still able to effectively communicate his ideas. Overall, Nick sees his ePortfolio as demonstrating his significant progress and growth as a writer during the semester.

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    Dear Reader

    Uploaded by

    Nicholas Tuttle
    The document is a letter written by a student, Nick Tuttle, reflecting on his growth as a writer over the course of a semester. He discusses struggling as a writer initially but finding that daily writing exercises and literacy narratives helped improve his skills. The self-authorship essays where he explored himself were the most beneficial, allowing him to better understand himself. While later assignments were more difficult due to time constraints, he was still able to effectively communicate his ideas. Overall, Nick sees his ePortfolio as demonstrating his significant progress and growth as a writer during the semester.

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    Dear Reader,

    Coming into college I knew I was a sub-par writer. Having a negative mentality towards
    writing really didnt help. Looking back at the student I was, I find my growth to be remarkable.
    This portfolio serves as proof enough of my immense progress. Ironically the first essay was
    about just that, literacy. I enjoyed pouring out my woes for this craft. This essay coupled with
    seemly pointless daily writing exercises really got my gears turning. I have enjoyed reading and
    seeing how fluent my freewriting has become. My writings helped me discover the root cause for
    my internal struggle with the art. It seems public educations, plug-it-in research methods
    extinguished my interest. Ive always been a storyteller and a creative one at that. These two
    exercises played as brilliant icebreakers to my collegiate writing career. The writer I am today
    makes me appreciate the learning opportunity, and has left me craving more.
    Previously I mentioned the literacy narrative essay. This paper captured my earliest
    memories of becoming literate and highlighted major milestones. I even accredited my favorite
    teacher: Mrs. Trotter, as my literacy sponsor. She was one of the few instructors who pushed my
    creativity in language arts. Fortunately I had such an influence to sew an early literacy seed in
    me. Embarking on my first essay I was quite close-minded; however, this narrative figuratively
    turned the door handle for my internal author to escape the confines of my mind. I think it is
    evident after reading my later works that this was one of my earliest papers. I really enjoyed
    getting my feet wet during the peer review process as well. I felt my colleagues and I could all
    relate on this reflective topic and provide adequate feedback. These two introductory elements
    set the stage for my most enjoyable papers.
    The Self Authorship essays were by far the most beneficial to my growth. I found myself
    investing the most in, and getting the most out of these exploratory expeditions. Being able to

    write papers as moving as these were my goal for this course. I enjoyed the concept of
    researching myself, better learning and understanding me. This resulted in enjoyable papers to
    both read and create. These two coinciding assignments served as a catalyst accelerating my
    development. Writing about who I am now was awakening. Ive discuss the doors Ive closed
    while also explaining while they were slammed shut. The blend of emotions while constructing
    this work was rejuvenating. In the beginning I found myself focusing on the future, standing
    back and seeing what got me here was refreshing. Usually I just nerf the pain of the past by
    ignoring it. Luckily this paper gave me a reason to explore my closeted feelings. Eventually I
    found myself taking pride in the man I am, wanting to show off my newly created writings. I see
    this boasting odd in hindsight, it was just paper about me. This essay shocked me, something as
    simple as writing my story became my favorite essay of the semester. Coming off the high of my
    first, I got set to tackle my next authorship essay. While this essay focused on my old mindset,
    the future, it wasnt as easy. Two of my predictions in the essay have changed in just a month. I
    changed my major and broke up with my long-term girlfriend. This proves the unknown cant be
    predicted and nothing should be expected. The real struggle with the sequel essay was
    channeling my passion into words. I stumbled early trying to express my future plans effectively.
    Regardless of the changes to my future, hence the paper, my core values stand true. I will still
    carry out the principles I laid out through this paper. Being able to announce my plans for
    success was exhilarating, who doesnt love a good motivational?
    It is at this point during the course I finally see the writer Ive become. Unfortunately an
    increased workload in all classes caused my writing to take a backseat to engineering. This is
    clear in the amount of thought put into the final assignments. My Inquiry Project ended up
    coinciding with my major, innovation. I went from being in love with advancements to seeing

    the perpetual damage it could cause. This may seem as a lack of creativity, but the way I
    executed the final product was rewarding. Due to tight deadlines during this section of the class,
    it became my most difficult. I went through a hefty amount of reflection deciding on my
    inquirys final destination. Considering I questioned my major intensively, even with a relatively
    small research sample, I believe this essay was effective. I went through an accelerated process
    but still reached my audience. This paper perfectly flowed into my Genre Project. Considering
    my excitement for presentations this was one of my more enjoyable activities. The information in
    my genre presentation peaks my personal interest so being adamant and vocal about the topic is
    easy for me. Overall Id say Im an effective writer when the topic interests me. I lose motivation
    quickly otherwise. I identify my lack of motivation on certain assignments as my biggest
    weakness. Mainly because it makes easy endeavors difficult due to time constraints.
    I believe my semester is beautifully illustrated by my ePortfolio. This site exemplifies my
    personal progression. This may have been one of the most frustrating works due to technological
    errors but the most rewarding in overall satisfaction. This portfolio to me is a shining gem in my
    cave of literacy. While this portfolio may seem to just compile my work, it also broadcasts my
    personality and beliefs. Being able to have a site that shows my development is humbling. The
    student and writer I am today hardly resembles the spacey writer I entered as.

    Sincerely,
    Nick Tuttle

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