Personal Statement: A Career As A Writer

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I have thought a lot about what I want to do after college, researched what a career in my chosen field would be like, and what I would have to study in order to be prepared for that career. Without a doubt in my mind, I want to be a writer. I love to create stories, and spend a lot of time consuming other stories in many mediums that make me think about my work and how I can be a better writer. I first wanted to be a writer because I had a hard time finding books that I really liked to read in my free time during class. I found that often the author would make creative decisions that I didn’t agree with, or describe a situation in an odd way. A lot of the time the subject matter of the books people would recommend me would bore me, and I