Personal Narrative: Myself As A Writer

Distant, cold, and non-existent describes my relationship with writing. My relationship with writing has never been a close relationship. Writing has always been difficult for me. I have never hated writing, but it has been a constant challenge for me. I will be discussing my fears of writing, the value of being able to express your ideas through writing, and what excites me about writing more and more.

In my first “Who I am as a Writer” paper I stated how one of the areas that I needed to improve was writing. I went into more depth talking about how my writing is not descriptive enough and how I cannot grab the reader's attention. Even though I still need to continue making improvements, I have gotten better in both of these aspects. Compared to my papers in high school my introduction paragraphs have improved.

Al, Alde, de, shon, deshon, and Al’Deshon my name takes on many forms. Kind of like my writing in a sense. I have never been a strong writing also being the reason, I took this class first semester I think. If I get it out of the way maybe I’ll have an easier chance of reaching the finish line happening to be graduation.

My identity as a writer comes from how I view a piece of writing. I view it as art. To create something that intrigues someone, that makes them angry, sad, or confused is my goal when I write. I want the audience to feel something. It just so happens that for most people, writing with the strategy of pathos in mind is always extremely effective. My environment growing up was that of complete creative freedom and I had the privilege to be able to explore my interests at such a young age. My experience with growing my skills as a writer I think started with my love for creating artsy things if you will, but after many years of being stuck as a novice, I developed exponentially during my high school years. I came into my own as a student and learned how to let my longing to stay creative creep into every project I could get my hands on. But I struggled where I perceived creativity wasn't needed i.e. math and history. I became uninterested and skated by in that aspect. Why would I put so much of my time into something that so strongly opposed who I am as a person?

People always aspire to get better at something. Whenever someone starts to learn something new, they’re not good at it right off the bat. This is the case for learning how to write and develop arguments. I started to write in elementary school, and I was not excellent at it. After many years of writing, I have definitely grown to be a better writer. My papers in SLC have better word choice than in my FLC papers.

A couple of years ago my English teacher assigned me to write a short novel. At first I wasn’t really thrilled about having to spend 3 weeks writing a book for one of my least favorite subjects. I thought it was going to be hard and not worth the effort, until I started to write. Once I had my topic and an outline the writing came to me very easily. After a while of writing I started to get into the assignment and it became more of a pleasing task. I firmly believe it was that assignment that made me realize I was a better writer than I thought and that if I put my mind into it could produce good writing.

Sunlight trickled through the window in front of me, staining the desk and papers a bright and shifting orange. Noticing the change in light, I tore my focus away from my work and glanced at the desk clock. 6:37. Smiling tiredly, I realized I had been writing all night long. You are absolutely insane, I thought to myself, drowsily shaking my head in disbelief. No one else would write for hours and hours like you do. That drunken thought sparked a sudden question in my mind– why? What in my life has caused me to enjoy writing so much to the point of going a night without sleep because of it? Leaning back in my desk chair, I shut my eyes and tried my best to recall my most influential memory with writing. After a few minutes of recalling my

What I consider to be one of the most important things that I have learned about myself as a writer is that I have the potential to be a proficient writer. Therefore, I must apply what I am learning and work dingenlety to accomplish the writing assignment that is before me. When it comes to research-based writing the skills that I have learned is how to use the library in a way that it is profitable to me. I also have learned how to observe and evaluate the finding of the material properly. What I learned about writing a research-based paper that is framed around a research question is that it involves critical thinking. At this time I have no big concerns about my writing or about the research paper. However, I would like to say that I wish

As a senior approaching graduation in less than a month, I have my life goals on my mind more often than my schoolwork nowadays. I spend hours asking myself the question “What am I going to do? I spend even more hours asking myself “How am I going to do it?”And the answer to these questions changes every day.

To many of my school classmates writing came as second nature; to me not so much. It was clear that my weak relationship with writing was going to be an issue if I didn’t get a grip on it. Writing has constructed many obstacles in my life, but with the right words and guidance I continue to overcome the language.

It's not everyday you stumble across an interesting profile of someone you barely know. Though when you do, you start to take into account all the amazing experiences you can have together.

What was the most recent writing I have done in the last year or week? When asked this question, I responded to what I have written in the last week. In the last week I have filled out numerous applications, both for jobs and scholarships. I have also kept up with filling in a wall calendar to keep track of not only my school schedule and assignment dates but also my work schedule for both jobs. In addition to hand writing I have also sent out numerous text messages. For me writing has opened up a new way for me to organize my life and figure out my priorities. Writing has also helped me discover who I am and a new way for me to express myself through a personal journal about my major milestones in life.

There have been many people throughout my life who have helped me become the reader and the writer I am today. Learning how to read was a step that came quite easily for me, and the same with writing. One of the things that has been the hardest for me is piecing together essays, but with good teaching, I was able to overcome that. I have evolved as a reader and as a writer through my experiences with reading books and writing essays.

They say that the pen is mightier than the sword, why so? For ages writing has been used to move people, start revolutions, confess a love for another, express hatred for an enemy, etc. Writing is one of the foundations of ancient and modern society. Writing is forever.

Over the course of the semester I was faced with a variety of challenges. On the surface, writing a play and directing that original work is a lot harder than I gave it credit for, initially. On a deeper level, senior project allowed me to overcome some personal obstacles regarding my social side. I thought by putting myself out there as a director and playwright that I would allow myself to do something that scared me; asking people for help and for things I need.