Essay On My Writing Journey

The process of learning to write can conjure a wide range of emotions and sensations, from frustration and confusion to excitement and accomplishment. As we develop our writing skills, we experience a journey of growth and self-discovery, often facing challenges along the way that can ultimately lead to deeper understanding and greater self-confidence. Whether through creative expression or the mastery of academic writing conventions, the act of writing provides a powerful outlet for personal and intellectual development. The feeling of learning to write is therefore one of ongoing challenge, growth, and self-expression, a journey that is both deeply personal and universally transformative.

Personally, writing has always been an escape from

She worried more about her students than she did test scores. She, of course, pushed us to do our very best but did not make us feel like the grade was the most important thing. Mrs. Hinterlong told us on the first day of her class about an axiety response she experiences. When she saw anyone sleeping in her class, her thoughts would over take her and cause a physical bodily response. She would break out into hives and have a panic attack. She made it clear to us that if we felt her class to boring that it made us fall asleep, to tell her. By telling her she would know to switch gears, so to speak, and try a new approach. She knew writing was something that was supposed to be fun, not another task or assignment to keep us busy. Mrs. Hinterlong was the one that showed me that not everything has to be thought about logically, emotions were an important aspect to any kind of writing as

The writing process as a whole is the concept that gives me trouble, specifically the first step: prewriting. I have always been of the mindset ‘do it right the first time, or not at all.’ A rough draft is not something I even think of considering when writing any kind of paper or even a story. As embarrassing as it is to admit, I spent a lot of my free time in highschool writing what was considered fan-fiction, taking books from other authors, and re-writing them to fit the narrative I personally wanted to read. I would write those chapters and post them online for other fans to expirence. Even if I felt the chapter I wrote was bad, or sub-par, I would push myself to release it. Never bothering to check for continuity, spelling, or grammatical errors. If my readers enjoyed the chapters, nothing else mattered. As I grew older I realized I would get more engagement if I at least corrected the continuity errors. Even with this realization, I could not bring myself to double check my work. The idea of ‘failing’ so to speak, was and still is terrifying. I not only wanted to be a good writer, I wanted to be the best. Looking back now I’ve learned that by removing the ideal doing something perfectly the first time I would become a better writer; being the best isn’t possible if it isn’t a