Personal Narrative Reflective Essay

I enjoyed the idea of writing my nonfiction essay, but I found actually writing it to be boring. Writing the nonfiction essay allowed me to have a better understanding of why my younger self reacted the way I did. I don’t usually go out of my comfort zone, so telling a group of a people a personal story of mine was an interesting experience. A strength I found in writing the nonfiction essay was my description of the events and establishing the fear. In written feedback, most were positive about my description of the dream and the proceeding events. People also mentioned that starting with the dream was a good way to peak the reader’s interest. For example, Alex Weiser writes, “Good into, really sets the tone for the story.” A weakness

I never told anyone about this nightmare until I shared it with the class. I’m rather introverted, so sharing personal stories isn’t something I do often. I suppose I’m proud I was able to do it without holding back anything.

The most frustrating part of writing the nonfiction essay was thinking about what I learned from my young and scared experience. It may have been a fault of mine by what experience I chose to write, but I initially had a difficult time thinking why my younger self reacted the way he did and what I learned from it. Even after the feedback I received, I learn it takes a lot of internal arguing to get to a point where I have a good honest reflection.

It was apparent in my original essay that I was confused on whether my younger self knew the killer was real or not. I needed time to think of what my younger self must have believed, after which I concluded that I must have known the killer was my imagination because I never mentioned him to my mother In the revision. I delete the parts about how the killer would seem more real if I told my mother about him. In replacement of that, I explain why I came to that conclusion. As a writer, I learned I need to be more consistent with how I