At the beginning of the course, I often felt like a reluctant writer, beholden to a formulaic use of language and constrained by a lack of confidence in my ideas.

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At the beginning of the course, I often felt like a reluctant writer, beholden to a formulaic use of language and constrained by a lack of confidence in my ideas. 
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At the start of the course, I frequently found myself to be an unwilling writer, restricted by a rigid adherence to formulaic language and hindered by a lack of confidence in my thoughts.