The Rebound Analysis

In elementary school I used to enjoy projects where we had to write our own stories and complete the pages with pictures or drawings. I would make up all kinds of stories of all sorts like an All-Star basketball player who couldn’t be stopped, magical worlds, to even an evil Tooth Fairy. Short Fiction is kind of the only writing that I like to do. Going into Middle and High School I was introduced to formal, structured type of writing that was way different from what I liked to write when I was younger. As I got more and more formal writing prompts I began to stop like writing. It because a struggle for me to transition from fun, fictional writing to formal types of

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.

I learned to write through a variety of different influences. It’s always been something I’ve enjoyed and I’ve been trying to better myself at it since as long ago as I can remember. I’ve always loved learning, and it was back in the summer of 3rd grade that I bought my first few “workbooks”. These workbooks had everything an eager young learner could imagine: math, language arts, science, history, and, of course, writing. I particularly remember enjoying the writing prompts as they allowed me to stretch my creativity and gave me a feeling of accomplishment. From that summer on I continued buying workbooks to strengthen my knowledge, always making sure to challenge myself and buy the “5th grade” ones in 4th grade. I stopped doing those workbooks

Even before high school, I had written several poems and short stories of varying genres and lengths. However, I became serious about creative writing in the tenth grade when I endeavored to write a novel. I finished the framework of that novel and since then have decided to revamp it. In addition to that work, I have authored the beginnings of a second novel, over thirty poems, and fifteen stories, both short and long. Currently, writing is a hobby, but in the long run, I aspire for my writing to be a means by which to extend my reach in the medical field and to expand my

Stephen King states that,“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut” (145). When you have the time to write you are able to find inspiration on what to write making you a better writer. Something that affects everything you do in life not just writing is that you must love to do it, “Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it’s about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It’s about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy” (269). You write because you want to write and to tell your readers a story about yourself. Another

My desire to write has progress from the point to which I started to write my own script for movie to now. It took a while for me to grow a desire to write mainly because I had to tell a story and try to convey my concepts within the story. When I was about 10 years old I wrote an entire screenplay after watching a comedy movie at the movie theater. As I was writing, my ideas were all over the place in my mind and I wanted to condense them into a well thought out story. Even now as I wrote, I tend to let my thoughts just translate into the page and not worry about grammar or spelling. When I first finished my screenplay, I realized that I wrote over 15 pages of script and the story stopped at the very end of the notebook I was writing on. Despite the fact that I never what back to that story I wrote when I was 10, I still felt accomplished because it was me that was telling a story to myself and I somewhat trained myself to come up with concepts that interested me.

As a younger kid in school, writing prompts were always given to us and we either had to finish the story or make one up of our own. These prompts were supposed to make us enjoy writing and to make it seem fun. However, that never did work for me. I have never been one to enjoy writing, not even the fun writing. Over the years I have come to see that the reasons I do not enjoy writing are because I have been made to do it so much throughout my years in school, because it takes up so much time, and because I do not have a big imagination.

“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.” (E.L. Doctorow). Writing is a skill that anyone can become good at. Our creativity and imagination is used with our vocabulary to create a story which we completely control. Fantasy, Science-Fiction, Mystery, Thriller and Romance; They all begin the same way, with a few words on a piece of paper and an active mind. Writing is an evolutionary process. The experience we gain changes the way we write over time; basic and fragmented to complex and eloquent. Motivation is what pushes us to keep writing about what we feel is important. Without the motivation to keep writing we would never gain experience, and without the experience our writing would remain primitive and never evolve. Writing is a skill that anyone can be good at, however, the greatest writers utilize their motivation and experience to develop their own unique writing style.

 I have never been a big fan of writing. I never felt good at it when it was for a class assignment, but all that changed when I was in the eleventh grade. My junior year of high school, I was placed in a creative writing class. I was not really comfortable taking the class but I did it anyways. We started off analyzing poetry, and then we had to write our own. I struggled a lot, but eventually got a few good poems. My favorite was Boy I Don’t Know. Our teacher made us find someone in

I’ve always loved writing, probably because it’s the only art I’ve ever felt like I’m good at. As a child, I would create written stories, which led to a teenage ambition of writing a full novel. As an adult, I still hold this ambition, although it has evolved into more than just writing a fictional book. I’m full of ideas that I log onto a list of writing ideas, some of which I’ve attempted, including two children’s stories, a musical play, and a non-fiction work in the field I’m working towards.

As the years continue to pass, writing gains more importance and becomes unavoidable in our daily lives. Whether the task is to create a groundbreaking law or to verify one’s personal identity, one must write it down in ink or type it out on a computer. For me, writing has settled down as an important aspect of my life. If I’m not typing down an email for my classes or composing another article for the newsletter committee at my high school, I’m writing down the fictional stories that wander around my head. I constantly jot down what pops up in my mind or what’s imperative at the moment. Whether I’ve mastered the art of writing or not, however, is another story entirely. My writing skills still lack in some aspects; I can’t help but wonder

Tight turns of hatred, steep slopes of everlasting joy, ups and downs and all arounds, my expedition in learning the writing process, writing my first short story and flipping my table over in agony have been nothing short of a never-ending roller coaster ride. There’s a fine line between love and hate and writing sits right on top it covered in chaotic sprinkles and a nice, big, juicy manic cherry on top. My first memory of writing had been in the first grade where I took a writing class and learned about the writing process. It was done in a silly way to help us remember, “brain drain/jot list, sloppy copy, neat sheet, goof proof, last pass” accompanied by goofy dances as well as playful gestures. It was my first exposure to actual writing and it did not appeal much to me at the time due to the excessive steps. To a six-year-old having to make a list of what I wanted to write about, have relevant ideas for each topic in the list, make a rough draft, revise and rewrite said rough draft, proofread the rough draft and final rewrite it once more into my final copy, was just too much to handle. Walking into my writing class each day left me with the sudden plop feeling you get when the roller coaster takes its first fall down the tracks. I recall handing cramps, complaints, and whines about a one paragraph essay. It was agonizing torture to a little kid, yet I would have complained a lot less if I knew what type of writing was in store for me at the age of eight.

Writing is becoming a regular part of our life. Also, writing is the most important skills we should handle. My first time called myself as a writer since I’m the sixth grade, I took part in the composition contest, and my article posted in a school newspaper. I remembered at that period, my writing skills were pretty weak, and I am unfamiliar with sentence structure, grammar or even spelling words. So I allowed my friends, teachers to edited my work, considered their suggestions, and thoughtfully gone back through and made it the best it can be. I rewrite my article for five times, reread for a hundred times, spent a week with doing this, I do not sleep well

As Dorothy Parker once said, “I hate writing, I love having written.” This quote is important because it signifies that she hates the process of writing but she loves the product at the end. I liked this quote because I can relate on a personal level because I hate the process of writing such as brainstorming. since many people like the writing process and can write without a problem, I hate writing given I was never good at revising and editing, also stating what I wanted so people would comprehend it better. I say this because I don’t know how to format my words on papers but when I’m done I feel accomplished at the end.            My hatred for writing started freshman year. My freshman English class was an honors course, so it was more advanced than what I was use too. I remembered when I first walked into the classroom I saw the array of desks and all the motivational posters that no one paid any mind too. There stood my ninth grade English teacher at the podium in front of the class. Ms. Cheasek was in her mid-fifties and she was an average height woman with the shiniest silver hair I’ve ever seen. She worked at my school for a long time and because of that, she was uncompromising in her ways of teaching and grading. Every day I walked into the class with a “Do Now” on the board which comprised us fixing an incorrect sentence. It was as if every passing day I felt unintelligent compared to my peers and this took a toll on my self-esteem and as a result, I skipped

At the end of my freshman year of high school, my boyfriend broke up with me. He was the only boyfriend I had ever had and I was completely devastated. I had always written a little on my own and had been good in English classes, but I never wrote as much as I did that summer. I was hurt, angry, and feeling incredibly insecure. Writing was my salvation. It was the only way I had to express my feelings because I did not really have anyone to talk to about my feelings and concerns. For the entire summer, I moped around and wrote depressing poems constantly. I was miserable.