Preface: why write? One of the first things, if not the first thing, that anyone is asked when writing an autobiography is "why?" Why write about your life? What makes it worth reading about? What makes you different from everyone else? While I don 't have the answers for most of those questions, at least not yet, I 'm fairly confident about why I 'm writing this down. It 's the reason why most people write anything down: to have something to leave behind. Whether it 's a set of laws or instructions, a timeline of global events, or a chronology of a life, people want to leave something behind; something that says "I was here, and I did something." And even if it 's just writing about someone else, the author 's name often ends up being …show more content…
Then there 's family stories, any information I get from asking questions, and home videos. These sources will most likely cover the time from before I was born to around the time that my first memories pop up. The last key is of course my memories, which technically start when I was a baby if you count sensory memories, and around 3 or 4 years old if you don 't. I 'll be taking from all these sources, paraphrasing when needed, and quoting when appropriate. I 'm planning to make this as straight a narrative as possible, but you shouldn 't be too angry at me if I do a bit of backstepping every once in a while. Life is, after all, a chronology of things, but it can also form a narrative. If it was 100% chronology, then it would start to sound like a textbook, and I wouldn 't want that for anyone. I 'm not sure what to expect from this exercise of self-discovery, and while I 'm sure that it won 't reveal some cosmic explanation of the universe, I 'll have at least sorted out my life, gotten some perspective, and hopefully helped impact someone else in a positive way. Even if it 's just one person that 's been affected, I would consider this a victory. And here 's where we get into the deep, dark, touchy feely part of the introduction: motivation. What motivated me to write this? I 'm not even 30 yet, I haven 't really done anything too important, and don 't have any answers for people. Occasionally I don 't even
I want to join the writing center because writing has always been a passion to me and I want to instill that passion in others. I think I would be qualified to be a tutor. I have been writing for as long as I can remember and I have some editing experience from being on yearbook staff.
What provokes a person to write about his or her life? What motivates us to read it? Moreover, do men and women tell their life story in the same way? The answers may vary depending on the person who answers the questions. However, one may suggest a reader elects to read an autobiography because there is an interest. This interest allows the reader to draw from the narrator's experience and to gain understanding from the experience. When the reader involves him/herself in the experience, the reader encounters what is known and felt by the narrator. The encounter may provide the reader an opportunity to explore a
I've always been somewhat afraid of writing. I have only ever been comfortable with writing in an expository form, the common type of writing used in school. A skill I have practiced consistently for years, with a clear formula and structure. However, first person writing, writing that requires my own unmitigated thoughts and ideas without the crutch of analytical analysis or a reference to quotes and statistics of other authors, has always provoked anxiety. Writing without a theme, prompt or formula, no district standardization, no grader to impress with my use of age appropriate vocabulary or set structure has seemed impossible to me.
As a child raised in the confined and modest society of the countryside, I have felt bereft and misplaced in the universe. Ardently, pining to become part of something extraordinary and to belong to a society composed of refinement and creativity. In the provincial town from whence I came, I observed for many a year how living in conformity rendered many a person in the vicinity insignificant objects of mediocrity. Which only solidified my conviction in the endless improvement of my mind and character, determined to become bigger and brighter than anyone that came before me. I always relentlessly sought but seldom obtained the golden opportunity to explore any interest of mine or was ever afforded the luxury to pursue and hone those interests to absolute perfection, particularly my fervent interest in literature and the performing arts.
Personally, writing has always been a difficult and daunting task. I always found myself asking, “Why is this required?” “How is this helping me and preparing me for my future?” “What’s the point?” However, at the completion of my writing 122 course I have come to realize how important writing is for my future. Some may think that taking a writing course is not necessary and shouldn’t be considered a “requirement” to graduate. However, you go through your whole life needing writing skills. No matter what profession. Writing is way more complex than I ever thought of it to be. I have discarded my high school habits and establish new techniques that has made writing much more enjoyable and less stressful. The skills you learn in a college
There is a lot to say about a person and it seems very easy when someone else is the narrator or writer of that story. I have learned to admire all the writers out there that at some point in their lives, decide to write an autobiography. Writers have the ability to be storytellers, to create magic with their words and to inspire us to be imaginative; but it must be tough to sit down and tell their own life story. I have to confess that with the same passion I admire them, I cannot help but wonder: what inspired them to write about themselves? How did they start? Did they question the worth of the words as they typed them? Did they judge themselves in the process? How many times did they think about stopping? Did writing about himself or herself
Writing an autobiography is like getting to know myself in a different way. I have learned not so much about my self, but also the world and events during the year I was born. 2001, was a big and tragic year. Mostly known, the 9/11 where I was born exactly before a month of this event happening was very unbelievable. I can’t stress enough how terroist have affected our world greatly. I learned the time, the weight and my birth hospital. Also, learning where my family history and that my parents were both the first of their families to come to America was very cool!
Writing is an amazing way to communicate, express ideas, and convince others of how the writer is feeling. For some, writing might be a requirement, fun, relaxing, a chore. Whatever it may be, writing is influential, for the writer and the reader.
Every writer has a different story, a different way of organizing their papers, and different experiences to shape their writings. As an adolescent my style of writing changes as I grow up and figure out who I am as a person. I have both strengths and weaknesses in my writings as well as many different experiences with writing, but I am eager to continue to develop and improve my writing skills.
To write isn’t difficult. To write well takes practice. To write well about a topic that isn’t of great interest to me, really takes an effort. I have found that I can go on for hours about things I am passionate, or even just curious, about. However, I find that I have trouble writing just for the sake of writing.
Why write? Why do such a thing? Why do anything? The answer is to grow-both as a person and academically. When I look back to the beginning, I realize how much my writing and reading skills have developed seeing how I have mastered the art of each course goal. Each objective has developed itself in its own little unique way.
example - Writing about myself shows people who I really am. Most of the time, people only get to see glimpses of a person. Writing an autobiography allows people to see the version of you that you want the world to see.
An autobiography is a story of your own life. Even if you think you don’t have much to include in your memoir, you can still make it quite interesting.
Writing assignments always perturbed me because in more advanced english classes, the grade was not given by completion of the project, but on how well you completed it. I like subjects like math where you are either right or wrong. With english, it is either good or unsatisfactory which makes it difficult because I feel that certain teachers would be more likely to give a better grade when a specific style of writing is used. I think of myself as a decent writer, but I would always be discouraged when a writing assignment didn’t get the grade that I thought it deserved. In the four semesters of AP and honors english classes I took, their grades always would stand out as one of the few Bs. I was rarely able to get better than a B on a paper in advanced English which frustrated me. I would always focus on completing a decent paper and not creating a fluid and well written essay.
Everyone has their own story and different journey of lives and I always believed that every story has their own unique and personal reasons. I don’t know where to start my story because I’m a person who is always bottle things up and I can't talk to anyone. Without confidence and courage, I have waited for the right time to write, to tell my story and to confess how I feel like everyone else.