Reflective Essay: Is It Important To Be A Writer?

When most students think of writing, they think of strenuous literature essays for an english class, or five page research papers with deadlines and headaches. I live for those headaches. A writer is not someone who simply puts words onto a page. They put emotion within the words, spread messages and promote ideas. To write is to incase a memory in glass, detailing every single moment down to the pattern of the snowflakes that fell last Christmas. Those who have written in the past have left a significant part of themselves behind in the form of written documents, in which constructed the law we now follow. Other pieces of written history stand as proof of a war that was won. The hands that once touched these pages are legendary, their purpose in this world undiminished with the encasing of their intelligence.These documents are now frayed at the edges and discolored with age, yet …show more content…
Yes, to be a writer the most important thing to remember is that you must write. You must write in the morning and at night. You must write even when you do not feel like writing. They say practice makes perfect and you never know how far you’ve come unless you have something to compare it to. I remember when I first started writing back in fourth grade. My sentences were all run-ons because, I never used periods and I didn’t know how to properly start a sentence. However, I have come a long way and although my skills are still not as advanced as I would like them to be, I am aware that I can only get better. To do this I will simply write. I will write my way to a bigger audience through everyday blog posts and I will write my through tons of scholarships so that I may pay for the education so detrimental to my career goals. One day, I will be able to look back at all of the writing I have done and be thankful that I did not develop Carpal Tunnel