C.J. Apar’s Writing Autobiography I’m not a notable writer, nor have I really wanted to join the writing industry. However, I have been interested in other people’s writing. From their deep meanings, content, and different formats/styles. It’s a wondrous creation made from within our imagination and experiences. It has inspired me to write too. I’ve been writing most of my life that it has become a necessity. And now from my past experiences with writing, I try my best to improve my skills as a writer for the future. It starts in the fourth grade, we were given a prompt from the teacher. It was a simple question, “If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it?”, though for me, I had to think about it for a moment. A normal fourth
Although I have not appreciated writing like I should, it has increased my knowledge on many subjects. From reading vivid stories to reading elaborative articles on difficult subjects, I've developed the skills necessary to understand at least the minimum that is required to continue through the subject. Because of this, I appreciate what I've learned from reading and writing countless short stories, elaborative essays, and reading books on subjects I am interested in.
“To write to be a writer, I have to trust and believe in myself as a speaker, as a voice for the images. I have to believe that can communicate with images and words that I can do it well. A lack of belief in my creative self is a lack of belief in my total self and vice versa- I cannot separate my writing from any part of my life. It is all one” (95).
Every person is uniquely different than another individual and this even includes their type of writing style. Now this leads me into my story of a girl who use to struggle with reading and writing. She is uniquely different than the rest and has gone on a great journey to where she is today. By looking at her today you may not know that in grade school she was in Title 1 to assist her with reading and writing. Allison Gion joined Speech and this helped her immensely. Her writing is very creative and she definitely likes to tell original stories to many.
Why I Write, by Mark Batterson, was a video that caught my attention because of the way he observes writing. Batterson sounded enthusiastic about writing for passion rather than just money, or being the best-seller. He make the viewers see writing from a new window, or maybe his words really affected me. When Batterson mentions, “ If all people do is read my books, then I have failed them… I want my words to inspire people” (Batterson 0:29-0:37). When he said this, I was like wow! I had never tought of myself failing, yet we both have the same purpose which is to be there for our readers; help them out discover, and cause motivation. Indeed he has encouraged me into writing in anew way. I want my writing to be powerful and motivating even
Growing up, reading and writing were always a pleasurable experience for me. As a little girl, my mother and grandmother would both tell me stories that they had once been told when they were children in their native country of Cuba. Although the stories they told me weren’t being narrated directly from a book, they motivated me to read some stories on my own. So I began requesting books and taking trips to the library. Those stories inspired me to begin writing and so by the age of 8, I picked up a pencil and embarked on my composing journey. I had countless journals throughout the years and even began writing short stories and poems. My father was the one that encouraged me most when it came to my writing as he genuinely believed I was talented.
Writing has been an outlet for me, and has allowed me to express my passions, guided me along a trying time in my life, and has forced me to acknowledge that I can’t let a disease define who I am, and moreover has pushed me to discover that I’m a passionate young man
I define myself as a writer. To that end, I spent fifteen years developing my talents with classes, workshops and contests that give feedback. The last class focused on description. The peer reviews I have participated have contributed to my writing and editing skills. Although unpublished, I have a bachelor’s degree in Publication Management and currently service on the Board of The Atlanta Writers Club, a hundred-year-old organization that help authors with the craft and business of writing.
My earliest memories of being read to were when I was five years of age and my
I graduated from Mosely High School in Panama City, FL. in 1976, just after I turned sixteen. I enrolled in Gulf Coast Community College, pursuing Elementary Education. Not because I wanted to teach school, but because my parent’s wanted it. I wanted to go to the beach, and when it got too hard to schedule in my beach time, school had to go. I was waiting tables, making $400 per day, my young mind didn’t have the capacity to think long term.
I choose my journal on my actual interest. The real state bussines is very profitable. Therefore, I choose a journal on that field. The analysis was complex. I had to read with patient all the artlicle and detect the ethos, pathos, and logos. I read the article multiple times, each time something new was coming.
I found that this article really spoke to me, as an aspiring writer. It showed me that perhaps the thing that is really holding me back, and stopping me from being a writer, is my definition of what a writer is. The urge to create stories, permeates my life on a daily basis, with my mind forever thinking about something. Even when my thoughts are not on fiction, I tend to think in a story format, Never just talking to myself, but instead some hypothetical person that I’ve create for the purpose of driving my thoughts. This urge though, rarely ever makes it on to paper (or computer), which is why I struggle to call myself a writer. This article, however, has given me a new drive, a drive to push myself to write down my thoughts, and share my
I enrolled in Creative Writing as a challenge to myself to branch outside of my comfort zone of reading, and reverse the roles by becoming a writer. Coming into this class, I had no previous experience creatively writing; however, I knew that in order to go into my desired profession as a developmental editor for young adult fiction, I must know how to do what I want to tell others to do, write a well formed story. Through my experience in this class, I have had the opportunity to learn about the creative writing process and my personal relationship with it as well as dabble in multiple forms of creative writing, for which I would have never otherwise tried.
Occasionally, I practice my writing skills by writing short stories. Since I am not a creative person, it’s difficult for me to come up with fresh ideas. Hopefully in college, I will be discovering many new things to gain ideas for my stories. With these ideas, I will love to write longer stories and hope to publish it one day. In the future, I will love to learn new skills and find new different words. I will also collaborate with people who have the same goal as me to help each other grow. I believe that reading and writing can bring people closer. I want people to realize that reading and writing are another way to escape the reality.
I just wanted to say how I read your article for the Odyssey, "Why Being a Writer Is So Scary" and I can 110% relate to it. Literally I went to school for teaching then when I realized it wasn't for me I decided I was always passionate about writing but I never showed anyone my work. Once I decided I was a writer I started my own blog. I wrote a couple short screenplays but my work was "sad bullshit" like you mentioned in your article. It wasn't until I started meditating that I realized I should create work that should be positive & uplifting once I changed my goal my work drastically changed for the better. I know as you mentioned writing could be hard at times and I just thought we could try to share advice, songs, or tips with
The relationship between writing and myself is conflicted one. Since I began going to school as a young child my feelings about writing has came in phases of love and hate. Fortunately, in recent years as I have matured I have found great interest reading and writing that I never would have expected to happen. Through this new passion, I plan to pursue a career in a field where writing is required and ideally puts me in a position where my words can enlighten troubled souls.