Becoming a Writer

            I have never thought about introducing myself as a writer because in no way, shape or form am I a writer. Writing has never interested me. My favorite subjects are those with the least amount of writing. I'm a science major and maybe that's why I don't like writing because I never have had much practice with it. I have never been good at piecing together my words and thoughts to make a good sentence. My vocabulary is so weak when it comes to writing that I can never think of a good way to write what I want to say. That is one thing I hope to work on in this class. I hope to expand my vocabulary in my writing. I think I learned most of my writing skills from my sophomore year of high school.  We worked on a variety of pieces from poetry, narrative, to research papers. Previous teacher have always read my papers and wrote how they would've done something else. However my tenth grade teacher asked us what we were trying to say so that she could help us put it into better words. I think that has hindered my interest in writing because I don't want to change my words just for a teacher. It always seemed like I could never get the "right" answer when it came to writing. That's why I loved writing research papers. I could research the "answers" and that just explain what I have read. I don't have creativity to come up with my own story so I just stuck with writing research papers when I could. I hope that this class will open me to other types of writing that I can become interested in. That I can practice using my own words and not what others think I should say. I think that throwing away the typical five paragraph essay will help me come out of my shell and be able to write out all my thoughts without feeling constricted. My overall goal is to just make writing less of a job and more of a way to express myself and become more creative.