College Admissions Essay: A Career As A Writer

When I was planning for college it was my dream to become a writer, but I knew that I wasn't living in a time where I could hang my hopes on becoming an author. I turned to journalism, which I still greatly respect as a professional field, but it didn't have what I was looking for. The same goes for screenwriting; I may have put an emphasis on it while studying television and film, but my heart wasn't in it. For me, it was and has always been creative writing - short stories, novels, poetry on occasion.

“Once you take time to figure out your beliefs about you as a writer, and about writing itself, you can begin to see where you hold yourself back from actually writing in the first place (Litchfield-Fink).” The article “The Real Reason Why You Can’t Write” by Esther Litchfield-Fink, is going over how people that want to write or be writers, are limited by their beliefs. Esther goes over a “secret” about writing that helps overcome this problem and can make anyone a successful writer. With being optimistic and having positive beliefs you can accomplish your goal of being a writer.

When someone is passionate about something, it becomes their talent or hobby. If they want to pursue that and make it more than a talent or specialty, they might make it their career. One talent that can easily be turned into a career is writing. There are a countless amount people who are passionate about writing and become authors or writers. An author, in particular who is excellent at writing and great at constructing solid arguments, is Malcolm Gladwell. In “Complexity and the Ten Thousand Hour Rule”, author Malcolm Gladwell constructs his argument that in cognitively demanding fields there are no naturals, by using anecdotes, quoting experts, and providing statistics.

The scorching oil splashed across my father’s forearm as he worked in a frantic hurry, ignoring the searing heat that ate away his flesh. He absorbed the trauma, swallowed the pain, and continued frying the chicken wings for his upcoming customers. Whenever he came home after toiling twelve hours a day in the cramped, hot kitchen, all I noticed was that permanent scar and the dark bags under his eyes. Noticing how closely I was watching him, my father held my face with his rough hands and reassured me, “I will make sure you will have a better life than mine.”

As a kid, you always know what you want to be when you grow up. I, however, could never decide between an actress or an author. I loved the creativity and imagination that occurred as ink flowed out of the pen onto the paper, however I also longed for the feeling of being onstage—creating characters with the body, mind, and soul.

As a child, I had often responded to the question “what do you want to be when you grow up?” with an enthusiastic “I want to be an author!” Therefore, I had quite a bit of nostalgia attached to that sentiment, and panicked when I began to be asked about college majors. I saw myself as too scientific for the arts, but too artistic for the sciences.

A college education will help me fulfill my dreams of using my knowledge for a greater purpose in the world. There are many problems in the world that I would like to at least shed light if not help resolve. For example, mental health within people of color, isn’t as vital as it should be. As a person who has suffered from depression as well as having family members that suffer from mental illnesses, I have personally seen how something so critical can be swept under the rug and that someone dealing with it not have the support they need. I am currently majoring in Psychology and my goal after medical school is to psychiatrist and create a non-profit organization, devoted to creating safe spaces regarding people of color and their mental health. My college education will help me learn the patterns of humans and their thought process consciously and subconsciously to ensure that the setting of my future organization is aiding those who

I was always different from the other kids in my class. I was reserved and quiet. Most would tell me that I always look like I was in deep thought. Well that's because I was. I always thought that I thought deeper and viewed the world differently than other people my age. I had a great interest in people, in fact they fascinated me. I greatly enjoyed meeting new people and listening to their life or things they like. So I guess one could say my interest in Anthropology dates back to grade school. History was always my best subject, I would always sit at the front of the class "bright eyed and bushy tailed". But I especially loved when they talked about different civilizations of people and the thing they did. When it was time to decide where I wanted to go to college and

I’ve always been that kind of guy who was good with numbers. Throughout my school years, I never had the desire to put in extra effort when it came to English classes or written works. My focus really seemed to rotate around a desire to be a hundred and ten percent into computers and technologies. I assumed that I would always have access to word processors or the Internet if I ever needed spell checking or literacy advice, or at least that’s how I summarized it. So, that philosophy only worked for so long, in a nutshell, less than two years into my first career job!

Since a young age, I loved to read books and create stories. I recall a time when I could not read a particularly challenging book in my preschool age, so I made up the story myself. I feel that I am most content when I am at a keyboard, typing out an essay, or when I have a pen in my hand, scribbling out a plot line. I learned that, with my obvious love for writing, I wanted to put it to use and become a journalist. Being able to write is my salvation and allows me to have emotional validation, especially if there is something particularly interesting to write about. Being able to write creatively and structurally has been there for me whenever I was at my highest points or lowest points. Words are my medium in which expression is possible and using that, I dream of becoming a world class journalist.

We all go through hard things in our lives. Some of these changes alter the way we live negatively while others bring around great positive change. I have gone through one of these changes and I believe I have greatly progressed as a person from it. I came here from Iran, speaking very little English and I believe myself to be relatively fluent now. I came to Trade Tech to learn more about my passion, chemistry. In Iran, I graduated from a pre-university with the equivalent of an Associates Degree in Chemistry. Here, at Trade Tech, I am double majoring in Chemistry and Math and hope to earn an Associates Degree in Chemistry and transfering to a UC or Ivy League college.

I wrote my first short story when I was eight-years-old. It evolved into a complex story as the years went by, and that story will someday be a children’s book. I will admit, though, that I did not always want to major in English. In second grade, my weeks consisted of wrapping my dog’s “broken” legs in toilet paper and researching diseases and cures. Other weeks included writing short stories and attempting to teach my dogs how to read. When literature became a higher priority, my desire to become a physician faded into a desire to become a writer.

It is the end of this high school year and I am glad to say that I accomplished many things. The idea of doing a blog was a very successful one, given that I was able to write about what i like and improve my writing skills. Therefore, I believe that throughout this year I was able to grow as a writer, express myself better, and expand my knowledge.

To be a screenwriter and/or a director you must be willing to share your imagination with the world. There’s so many ideas that flow through my mind daily, therefore this would be the perfect job for me. A great outlet to express my feelings and thoughts with the world. If I just described you, then continue reading to further discover the life of a writer/director.

You need to be patient because you are building a career and this takes time. Some freelancer writers tend to forget that theirs is a career like any other, which requires time to accumulate information and skills. Don’t expect to launch a website today and get hired tomorrow. No one wants to hire an untested writer. You have to read