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Reflective Essay For College

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In the summer of 2015 I received a full scholarship to attend Jonathan R. Reynolds Young Writers Workshop at Denison University, an opportunity that shaped a simply hobby into an enduring passion. As a writer, I am highly critical of my work, however being accepted to the eight-day program merely by my own literary merit definitely served as an example that not only am I capable of writing something worthy, but that I have the power to achieve any goals laid before me. While I attended the program I greeted 35 peers from California all the way to Zimbabwe, South Africa. My core classes consisted of Fiction and Poetry, where I was taught by award winning authors and poets. To be honest, I felt entirely inadequate the first few days. Here I was …show more content…

To be surrounded in an environment where my craft could emerge through new horizons and thrive in a supportive environment warmed me with a new determination. To see such varying personalities all scrambling to the printer, each one getting a concentrated gleam in their eyes as they were writing in a notebook, or to hear the crack in their voice as they read an emotionally draining piece was mind boggling and beyond stunning. I had never seen such persistence and passion emerging through so many people all at once. Success did not matter, to us the value existed in the continuance of our craft. I could ramble about my experience here for days and still not have everything out of my system. To me, writing is not just another prompt given by a teacher, it is the entire pedestal I balance my life on. As long as I am writing I know I can fill the world around me with beauty and importance. My personal statement is my writing. Everything I am slithers through the words I etch into the canvas as I defeat another blank page. If I am read, I am known, and I find that to be the perfect way to realize who I am behind the goofy floral print clothing and the odd 80's style music. I am a writer and because of my Reynolds experience I am now a better

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