Reading And Writing: My Literary Journey In My Life

Throughout my life, reading and writing were a positive thing because of the support from the people around. I was never really the confident or extroverted type of person back in the day. This then caused me to be anxious when I read or be doubtful of what I wrote. I can still remember breaking balls of sweats and tensing up whenever I had to read something aloud in elementary. It was a pretty big social problem for me but I can also recall many times where I was laughing and having fun while doing something with reading or writing with my mother. Although there have been many things that affected me so far in my literary journey, my mother has been the most supportive and impactful person to me by reading short stories, going to the library, and giving me writing prompts. One of the activities I liked to do before I fell asleep was to read. I used to read these short stories with my mother at night. I can remember it so vividly, reading on a

We made writing stories into a game. The rules were that I would have to write at least a full sheet of paper about a topic that was given by my mother and I would only have 30 minutes. We would laugh and just have a good time after making these. These timed writes were also a base that I keep building on today. The timed writes were the foundation for my literacy skills at school. It helped me become more open-minded and creative in my writings even in a short amount of time. Another fun thing my mother and I did was making mad libs together. Mad libs are a type of writing where you make up a story and leave out some words so others can fill them in. These were all activities that were helped make my base on my literacy journey. Mad libs helped me become more creative in my writing by using different words for just that one scenario. After all of the help and support from my mother, I am who I am today because of