I started writing about six years ago, but I never seriously thought of becoming a writer until last year. When I was younger, it was always more of a hobby, something I did that other people said I was good at, and I was like, “Okay, I’ll keep doing this.” I liked doing it but I always thought just liking it wasn’t enough, but now that I’m older I’m starting to realize the act of writing isn’t the most important part for me, it’s the storytelling that has tethered me to this profession. The stories are what I love and what I’m passionate about. I’ve been so impacted by all the stories I’ve collected, and I want to make others feel the bubbling awe that I feel. I want to be a writer but the title isn’t as important to me as it once was because
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Not only am I moving away for college, I’m moving out of state. And not only am I moving out of state, I’m moving from Illinois to Alaska. That’s 3,000 plus miles of separation from my family and friends. I won’t know anyone; I’ve never been to Alaska. I will have to build a life for myself and learn how to survive from scratch, which will affect me. It’ll be an invaluable experience having to adapt to a new environment as a writer because experience is essential if you want to be a good writer. You have to do things outside your comfort zone. The more you do and the more people you meet and more places you go you will just become a repertoire to draw from and that is that is how you become a good writer and that is how you become a better person because you're exposed to so much more than you would be if you just stayed in your state for your whole life. APU seems like a strange place in the best way. I’d never even heard of the school, I just stumbled upon it. But its low profile and eclectic programs appealed to me greatly. It's something you have to seek out and you have to have service drive and motivation and interest and what you want to do and where you want to do it to go here I think so I'm excited to be surrounded by the kind of people who are seeking out what they want to do and fervently pursuing it. It'll be a good place for me to be because it's so unlike anything I've ever experienced and I just think it's up interesting and invigorating
Not only am I moving away for college, I’m moving out of state. And not only am I moving out of state, I’m moving from Illinois to Alaska. That’s 3,000 plus miles of separation from my family and friends. I won’t know anyone; I’ve never been to Alaska. I will have to build a life for myself and learn how to survive from scratch, which will affect me. It’ll be an invaluable experience having to adapt to a new environment as a writer because experience is essential if you want to be a good writer. You have to do things outside your comfort zone. The more you do and the more people you meet and more places you go you will just become a repertoire to draw from and that is that is how you become a good writer and that is how you become a better person because you're exposed to so much more than you would be if you just stayed in your state for your whole life. APU seems like a strange place in the best way. I’d never even heard of the school, I just stumbled upon it. But its low profile and eclectic programs appealed to me greatly. It's something you have to seek out and you have to have service drive and motivation and interest and what you want to do and where you want to do it to go here I think so I'm excited to be surrounded by the kind of people who are seeking out what they want to do and fervently pursuing it. It'll be a good place for me to be because it's so unlike anything I've ever experienced and I just think it's up interesting and invigorating