Writing style

Depending on how interested I am in my writing it can vary from pushing a train by myself for a mile or discovering a new natural law. When writing for an English assignment I am usually very frustrated by the rigid format that we are required to write in. While writing my college essays I found it very liberating to write freely, the same way I talk. When I am forced to write within the rigid format I usually write out all of my arguments, evidence and analysis before I start writing. The hardest part for me, and something I enjoyed not doing in my college essays, is thinking of ways I can restate all of my statements because in the rigid five paragraph format you need to state any given argument in: the introduction paragraph, the first sentence of the body paragraph where the argument is used, the last sentence of the body paragraph where the argument is used and the conclusion. This felt like busy work more than a form of art. I usually prefer to do my writing a lot at a time because it is the kind of thing that takes me awhile to get into. Usually I take little breaks in between paragraphs to do something like check facebook or watch something on youtube; I think this actually helps me to write better because a lot of times inspiration comes to me when I'm not trying to find it.