Writing expression

I have read several papers from our class and they have shown me so many different ways to express ideas in writing. Writing is really a form of self-expression and everyone seems to have their own style. Some papers read in a more textbook manner while others read in more of a journal manner and highly opinionated. I found that I enjoy reading something more when I don’t have to try and guess what the author is trying to tell me. Papers that have a very clear cut and straight forward thesis are much easier to read than some that prefer to dance around a thought with their words. This is something I regularly find myself having issues. Yet there are also papers that read more like a story with an amazing amount of flow and great composition. There don’t seem to be any breaks in thoughts or ideas even though they shoot from one idea to another, it still reads smooth. It is almost like comparing smooth peanut butter to crunchy peanut butter. Although it is a matter of preference the smooth peanut butter has the same texture throughout the entirety of the peanut butter, while crunchy peanut butter is smooth in some instances and crunchy and rough in others. The texture is constantly changing and sometimes it is surprisingly more so smooth than crunchy. I like to think that writing should be slightly crunchy, because when ideas are being presented in speech they go through a pattern of thoughts and sometimes surprising and interesting thoughts that change the texture or tone of the idea, yet it can still be quite smooth and flavorful.
There were also many ways of telling the reader what they want to know with word choice. Transitions and word composition definitely gave papers some different tones. There were some papers that used fairly complex words that seemed only to make the author sound more educated. Others used very simple transitions that allowed for the paper to read at a more casual level. I enjoyed reading these a bit more than challenging my mind with sometimes-pointless vocabulary that I would never use.
As writing is a way of expressing one’s thoughts on a topic it seems like writing styles don’t always match with the way a person speaks or acts. The mental process that someone goes through when they are writing takes on a different shape than that of thinking or speaking. Although writing sometimes needs to be a bit more formal so that it is in the bounds of educational and professional writing it seems like it is much different form of expression than some other ways. There are so many ways to say something and how to get to the point it is really interesting to read how people write what they have already expressed in discussions.