Hi, my name is Richard Hsu and my intended major is architecture, my preferred pronouns are he/him.

After reviewing the syllabus I believe I am most excited about engaging in a collaborative writing process with others and just improve overall in my writing skills. I am however kind of nervous regarding this course in being able to explore and analyze different genres and rhetorical situations since I am just bad in recognizing such things in texts, perhaps it’s just because English isn’t my first language.

I think the qualities of good writing will include the use of various vocabularies but aren’t too complicated and appear often enough that people will need to literally use a dictionary to keep reading. Good writing also includes smooth transitions and the use of various rhetorical devices that have the ability to give off the feeling that the writer wants to convey to the readers. While I believe good writing should include all those mentioned before I also think that it should be very clear at the points it’s making across to anyone reading it. This is the most important part of what makes good writing because to me if it is not clear on its ideas than it is just a paper with tons of vocabulary with no meaning. To be able to write well is to be able to convey your thoughts and/or feelings to the readers. I can only guess that in order to be a good writer you would have to be a good reader.

The easiest part of writing for me is to simply write down my own thoughts and idea as if to have a conversation with another person on paper.

The hardest part of writing for me is to be able to use or identify different rhetorical strategies or to analyze tough writings with a lot of vocabulary that isn’t often used normally. I’ll definitely have to work on my vocabulary knowledge.

In my architecture major, I will probably have to write reports and descriptions of various projects to people. Being an effective writer while not extremely helpful I believe can help increase my communication skills, perhaps it will help convey my messages clearer and seem more professionally made.

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