Write An Essay About My Writing

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Although I enjoy reading, I do not do it often enough to feel comfortable to write a letter about reading. Instead I will write a letter about writing; in this I may even write a letter about writing a letter — but probably not. When I think or speak of myself as a writer I always put the label of Creative Writer on. Yes I am a creative writer but I dislike labels: I would much rather call myself a writer and leave it up to my mood that day to set what kind of writer I am. As I sit down to write it is never a planned nor scheduled: I only write when I have ideas, luckily for me I always have ideas. Writing takes up a lot of my free time without me even noticing or caring. Expressing myself through the art of word gives me great joy; working through ideas and seeing the finished product is a satisfying feeling that I believe everyone should have …show more content…

I have been working on a short novel myself for three years now; the title of my story is Elizabeth. It has been a journey watching myself grow as a writer, a journey I adore so much I continued to write stories. As I grew older and wiser my writing has muttered along with me and as much as I love my writing not every piece can be the best. I do not believe that any work of mine is technically the worst, I don’t believe any writing can be the worst because as long as one person likes the literature, it is the best. I wouldn’t go through any of my work and say it’s perfect but I would never say any of them are the worst — that’s just bad confidence. Confidence is a big part of being a writer, with all the rejection confidence is a necessity. The reason I think all writing is good is because I was not taught to believe any literature to be bad. I was not taught in a class because great writers are not built, they are