Personal Narrative: The New Place

Writing is my passion. I love telling tales of exhilarating adventures in fantastical lands; mapping out the route of young love in words; inventing superheroes and villains to face off in the ultimate battle of good and evil. In fact, it was my childhood. I remember being five years old when I wrote my first ever 'book '. It was seven tiny pages, barely one hundred words long in total, and called 'The New Place ' because I couldn 't spell 'palace '. But I was proud of it and I enjoyed it immensely. In fact, I loved it so much that I wrote another six 'books ' in a similar style all entitled 'The New ..... '. As I got older I wrote more and more. I gave my primary three teacher a personalised story of her on an exciting day out instead of a thank you present, and regardless of my appalling spelling, and the distinct lack of a plot, she loved it as much as the standard boxes of chocolates and tacky mugs my classmates had purchased for her. Even nowadays I 'm a regular writer, constantly coming up with new ideas for characters and situations, although at present it is for my own personal enjoyment rather …show more content…
The thing I have always loved about stories is that they always have plot twists, surprises that can throw the whole course of a book, and although I can 't come back to life or reveal myself as someone 's long lost sibling perhaps a plot twist is exactly what I need. I have a terrible habit when I 'm writing of being 'eraser happy '. If I find the story moving in a way I 'm not expecting I tend to just get rid of the past few paragraphs and rewrite the plot so it goes towards what I 'm expecting. Although this isn 't necessarily the worst thing, it means that I never explore any other options, simply sticking to the original plan for the story. So maybe before I pull out my eraser and get rid of a few of my recent thoughts to put myself back on track to becoming a scientist, I should consider some of my other