My Writing Journey

“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.” (E. L. Doctorow) This quote really does capture the real meaning of writing. Each time you start with a blank page and work from there. You have to learn as you go from there. It has taken me my whole life to acquire the small amount of writing skills that I have today, however, I hope to continuously develop my skills as a writer. There are countless conditions that have molded me into the writer that I am today. I have become the writer that I am today because of my mom, my English teachers, and my lack of interest in reading. I have never been much of a reader. I never enjoyed reading as a small child and I am slightly disappointed to admit that I have continued

I was not very interested in school and my grades showed it. Being a certified English teacher, my mom was able to redirect my poor sentence structure and my lack of punctuation. She worked extremely hard and eventually I started to be able to write logical thoughts down on paper without putting much thought into it. This was the first time that I actually learned things in English class. I had learned how to speak English in my years prior to homeschool, but I never tried to get better. My mom forced me to get better at school and mainly focused her attention on my English. I owe my entire writing ability to

The book was titled, “Fly Boys.” I loved airplanes and war history so when I started reading that book about both things, I was hooked. I was mesmerized at how simple the wording was. I believed that in order to publish a book you would have to use fancy words that I didn’t know. iAfter reading James Bradly’s book, I realized that it was possible to create something that people want to read without using complex vocabulary that most people cannot easily comprehend. My junior year was the first time that I was forced to write continuously, even when I didn’t have anything to write about. I was required to write a bell work every day in class for five minutes. This developed my ability to just free write in a short amount of time. I didn’t enjoy it because I had to write my thoughts on quotes that I didn’t care about at all. I was constantly practicing writing, however, I was not creating a better vocabulary for myself. I was not required to use proper grammar or spell things correctly. Due to this fact, I was still using my simple vocabulary to explain my thoughts on