Stages of My Writing : )

I never thought of it this way but my writing is divided into multiple stages. I wrote as a child...in a creative way. Whether it was writing a short book for school or even coloring a picture in which a story on the back always accompanied it, I did a great deal of writing as a little kid. Writing about princesses and dancers were always on the top of my “best seller” list. Haha! As I grew older, I drifted away from writing for fun except for some diary entries here and there that I usually forgot about. I tended to stick with drawing instead of writing. Well, except for the few bits of writing that was always more on the boring sides of things that teachers forced you against your will to do. I had a difficult time with this because it is hard to write about something that is not intriguing. This stage was around late grade school/early middle school. Around my seventh grade year, I truly learned how to write. I was able to enjoy writing creatively and have the opportunity to express me in how I write. I felt like this was my first chance to understand true writing. Of course, high school was interesting when I think about writing... There were the days of the term papers. I wrote three in my high school days and they weren’t as bad as I thought but again, it is difficult to write well under so much pressure and a topic that has the potential to be extremely boring. There were the few exceptions to fun writing in school but it never lasted long until another research paper was assigned. I learned however to write on my own. I was able to find time to journal or email or something that added some spice and creativity to the writing in my life. I loved doing this and even poetry became a part of me. I found myself writing poetry which always helped me to relax...or vent. :) My creative writing class was something that opened my eyes to a whole new world of writing and I have been changed ever since. I talk about this topic a lot but why not talk about a good thing, right? I am able to write and I am always writing about something whether it is a blog, email, journal entry, or a paper. I understand how to put my own spice in the paper so that I don’t become so boring and uninterested. Whether I was 5 years old, 10 or even a senior in high school, I have found myself writing. Many sorts of writing and an immense amount of time to grow in my writing but I have wrote nonetheless and I would not change a thing about it!