Cover Letter

Portfolio Cover Letter

Shaquille Marcano-Quiles
ENC 1101
Professor Longhany
November 30, 2016

Shaq's Portfolio Cover Letter

The art of literature is something that only a few truly comprehend. The art of writing is something that can be learned but can only be mastered through practice and perseverance. Since I was at a young age, I knew that writing was something that I enjoyed to do. As early as 3rd Grade, I wrote my own book and by 5th Grade, I began to write scripts and short stories for my classes. I knew that writing was going to play a big part of my life. During middle school, however, I was introduced to what is now known as the "cookie cutter" format which included aiming for only writing 5 paragraphs with 5 to 7 sentences in each paragraph. It was until I reached high school where free form writing was introduced to me. I understood that writing was something that did not need to follow any rules, but to convey a message for any reader to understand. It was when I entered high school that showed me that I had mastered the art of writing itself. However, the fall semester of college was when writing officially changed for me forever. it was when I was introduced to not the art of writing, but the writing process itself. 

My writing process once was something that I did not even think about until I started ENC 1101 with Professor Longhany. When in high school, the only "writing process" that I had would be to start and end the essay in one sitting, without planning or without any drafts. I thought to myself, "why have a process when I have had no problem with my grade in my essay without them?" However, when I began ENC 1101, my writing process began its process that has changed it forever. Since I knew that my writing would come out exceptional, I would never look back and revise it. Also, the mind really plays tricks on you when you decide to write something in one sitting.  One objective that ENC 1101 taught me was to allow the ideas to incubate and give them time before you actually decide to create a paper with these ideas. Revision is always a great plan for one's papers, especially when they are being graded. I had been so used to finishing the work and actually getting an A than seeing whether or not the work is actually viable and give it time for the knowledge to settle and really make a piece of writing perfect.