My Writing Experience Essay

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I will be the first to admit that I lack experience when it comes to writing. I’ve written poems for the fun of it and school assignments for fear of failing classes, that’s it. The writing skills that I wield aren’t strong or college level. I can sum up the reasons why I haven’t been able to enjoy writing in the past with two main points. One is that it has always been a chore for me. My relationship with writing can be compared to doing the dishes, the one chore I actually enjoy… Until I’m told to do it. I hate feeling obligated to do anything. The second reason is that it in the classroom environment my writing was critiqued and graded in a way that I didn’t find fun for me nor take as construstive. I found joy in writing poetry because I could just throw words onto paper with rhythm and rhymes that have exclusive meaning to me and others are less judgmental about poetry because it’s something purposefully abstract. However, part of being an artist of any sort is realizing that no matter what your art is you will be criticized. Perhaps taking Creative Writing will teach me to take criticism constructively, or maybe I will simply bury my …show more content…

My goal to entertain people and make them laugh while at the same time inspiring them by using scenarios that I’ve personally experienced. This would be a great theme because my experiences are unique for someone my age, but are things that a lot of people can relate to. For example, I ran away from home when I was 17 years old and couch surfed with my 21 year old boyfriend who is in stage 3 kidney failure and is a type one diabetic and has several other health problems. We lived dependent on food stamps, 100 dollars a month and the generosity our friends and family who let us crash in their homes. I also want my audience to be entertained by my use of comic relief when telling these grim

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