My Writing As A Part Of My Life

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Throughout my many years of schooling I have found that I was never one for reading. Truthfully I have only read a handful of books in my life, most of which I never bothered to finish. I’ve always seen this part of me as ironic. I couldn 't stand reading, but I was always placed in honors english classes. At one point in my life I even had aspirations to become an author. In order for me to be interested in any type of reading material, I have found it has to be taboo or morally questioning. It has to spark my attention and make myself ask questions. Finding reading material like this is exceptionally hard for me, so reading can often times become displeasing. I have yet to find a true process in reading difficult material. Naturally if I …show more content…
I’ll open up my computer to a word document and then turn on my tv and some music. I’ll get distracted every 20 minutes from my paper and I 'll spend hours typing one assignment, however, this is the only way I find writing bearable. I start out my writing process by brainstorming different ideas on how to go about the paper. Then I move onto specific things I want to put into the paper and where they should go. When I 'm done with this step I should have all my paragraphs bullet pointed with information which causes for a very smooth sailing writing process. After the paper is written I’ll proof read to make sure it’s to my own standards. I will go over my paper at least six times changing little things at a time. Personally I don 't care for people reading my writing, mainly because I am a very hard headed person. If I think my paper is perfection then there’s not much you can say to have me change it. With that being said, I ultimately find proof readings …show more content…
We were assigned to write a realistic fiction story which I loved from the beginning. I ended up writing about an abused girl who ran away from home, causing her to go through a strange series of events to find happiness, love, and everything cliche. The short story ended up being around ten pages long and after my friend read it to the class they were in awe One of my classmates said it sounded like a story straight from our textbook. That comment has stuck with me to this day and is most likely the reason why that writing experience so memorable to

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