Biographical Essay: Robert Graves And Nathaniel West

I live in a white house on 51 street road. My name in Benjamin Smart and I am 17 years old. Each morning I wake up at five in the morning. I wash my face and then go to the kitchen and make three eggs and a pot of coffee. Once I finish with the eggs I take the pot of coffee downstairs. Usually I sit and drink coffee for a solid ten minutes before I grab a pen or a laptop and start writing. I write usually for about an hour and a half and punch out something between seven hundred and twelve hundred words.

I started writing around a year and a half ago. Since I started I have written three full length novels, two novellas, and more short stories than I would like to bother counting. Of course, most of them are rough drafts that I will not are

Ideally I would like to have a job where I create something with words. Either as a stand up comedian, a novelist, or a script writer, I want to be the man in front or behind the curtain when laughter fills the room.

I also read quite a bit. I think I average two books a week. My favorite authors are Robert Graves and Nathaniel West. Mostly I like stuff from the Modernist period, though lately I have been reading a lot of McCarthy and Sanders. But I will read anything that interests me. This last month I read a book on Anthropology relating to the first human ancestors, the history of western music, and a book on different fishing styles.

Besides writing I am a fairly busy person. In my high school I have done four years Math Team, Future Business Leaders of America, Students Against Destructive Decisions, and Scholars Bowl. In fact, this year I am varsity captain of the Scholars Bowl team. I have also done four years’ track, three years Cross Country, and three years’ football. I am a state qualifier in Cross Country. I am also an active member of the National Honors Society and have been for the past three years. I was a Udall 4-h member for six years. I have done Forensics all three years of high school and have made it to state every year so far. I am hard working, involved, and posses the public speaking skills of a Nobel laureate. The speeches I give in Forensics are well received and executed. They take me to state every