John Trimble urges writers to consider diction. His three main points of diction is conciseness, vigorous verbs, and freshness. The one topic that I need to especially take into account is vigorous verbs. As a self-appointed mediocre writer, I acknowledge that my papers are rather boring, despite the time and effort I put into each assignment. I have always written concisely. I feel as if I am a lovely writer in my head but I have so much trouble getting the pre-constructed phrases and meanings out, that the result morphs into a Jekyll while I pictured a Hyde. I am only allowed one point of diction to improve myself by or else I might of also chose freshness. I try very hard to make my papers interesting, inserting my sense of irony and humor into my sentences, but for some reason the overall writing falls flat. This I have finally realized is because of my non-vigorous verbs. This is the part of the assignment that I blame my education, however I do assert that I have never been taught active voice. When one of my C&E teachers unleashes our essays from normal constraints, enabling us to write any way that we would wish, I am paralyzed. I automatically start off the essay in a stiff, formal, and inconsequential tone of voice which has been programmed into me so that I would not offend anyone. This paper forward, I will strive to use verbs that inspire the reader’s confidence in my work and also in me. Using verbs that delight the senses through written words, I will start to create writing assignments that will be active, fun, and intelligent.
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