Expository Writing I really have no idea where to start this article, where it should go, and how it should end. I seem to have a slight problem grasping the idea of ​​expository writing. It's like when you were a kid trying to get through the monkey bars. You want to be able to reach the next step and you try very hard, but for some reason you just can't reach it. It seems I have this problem. Right now, as I write this, I'm not exactly sure I'll reach the goal of this assignment, but this might be the best it gets. Throughout elementary school, high school, and my first year of college, I was taught (and believed to be the only right way) that you should begin your article with an introduction, followed by the body of the article, and conclude the main thoughts in the conclusion. Although, in the last three weeks, I've learned that writing can go beyond those boundaries. Now, this is not a shock after all these years of “formal education”. It doesn't seem right to me not to build a project like I've always done in the past, or should I say like this bad habit I've always had. But is it really bad? It always seemed perfect to me. I have no intention of pursuing a career in writing. I just want to add and subtract numbers, things that make sense to me. These are the things I understand, at least to some extent. There is no alternative interpretation of fourteen minus seven. It will always be seven, no matter how you look at it or who looks at it. It will always be seven. There is a definitive answer and if you're wrong, you're just wrong. There are no ifs, ands or buts about it. No one can decide that on a particular day fourteen minus seven is eight. It's impossible. The answer, for… half the paper… will get your message across and get the reactions you want, what needs to change? How about you leave well enough alone? If it ain't broke, why fix it? As I look back at this document, I'm not sure I met the requirements of this writing assignment. I feel like I'm still trying to reach the next bar on the monkey bars like I did when I was younger. No matter how much I struggle and lunge for the next step, it is just out of my reach. But really, is this what I'm really trying to accomplish? Is my main goal to simply reach the next step? No, reaching the end of the bars is my goal. As for now, I would be happy to reach the next step. This being my first article in about two years, I hope it's not that terrible. As the term progresses I hope to improve this style of writing which is all too new and foreign to me.