COD Scholarship Analysis

I plan on majoring in English because I want to pursue a career in writing. My goal at COD is to focus on finishing my GED, before transferring to a 4 year university. However, I want to take these two years at COD slow and come to an understanding if writing is the career I want to pursue. As a kid, reading a book always excited me more than anything else and it was always been a dream to write something that would possible excite someone, like how I was when I read. Though it might sound weird, I always thought reading was the best way to connect with someone. Being able to have the ability to trigger an emotion from someone through writing, whether it's a laugh, smile or even a cry, has always been indescribable. As someone to loves to read and write, there is nothing better than reading/writing something that proves emotion because it makes the experience all that memorable. To restate, I guess my goal isn’t to be a writer, but to be someone who provokes emotion through writing. …show more content…
If I was awarded a Scholarship, in a way, it would be that push towards my dream and reassure me that what I want is the right path. Knowing that someone is willing to take a chance on me, would motivate me to work twice as hard, so I will never disappoint the people who believe in me. Honestly, pursuing a career in writing is scary because it all depends on yourself and your writing. However, I can’t deny that everytime I pick up a book or read a story, motivates me to write something that can affect someone, like how it has affected