i (dis)like writing
After some pondering about why I had a blog in the first place, I realised that I just hopped on a fad. Admittedly, a couple years after blogs went obsolete.
This previous semester, I took NYU's basic expository writing course. There, I had an excellent professor with a quirky grading style - the grading contract. You were guaranteed a B if you did the bare minimum, and you could get one higher letter grade for extra work.
Interestingly, because getting a B is a safeguard, the course allowed students to explore their own writing style instead of bouncing around a rubric. We never discussed what makes an essay, its structure, or even classical essay styles. Instead, there was heavy emphasis on individuality and freedom in prose.
For one of my essays, I wrote about how learning to write essays is like learning to fix motorcycle engines. The other was about motorsports and photography. Through that course, I wrote about topics I enjoyed while learning how to write essays.
It was maybe the fourth essay writing course I've done since I entered university, but it was the best one.