Autobiography



It would be safe to say I love to write, more than any other subject. I was in AP English all four years of high school and I learned how to write in many different styles. I had one teacher who would expect high detail in every essay. Another teacher would only expect me to get the point across, even if there was lack of detail, "short and sweet" she would say. I can honestly say the essays with more detail were the ones I liked to write. The essays in which there was no detail were very bland and could easily put anyone to sleep. I like writing because I believe it is one of the best ways to express yourself. A big love of mine is expressing myself, sometimes through writing and sometimes through art. I keep all my best papers I write on my computer or in a folder. I find it interesting to read through them once and awhile, it is partially like entering a time machine. I also have always had a passion for quotes. I have the quotes I love written everywhere, on and in my notebooks, on my walls, on my computer, everywhere. I even write some of my own sometimes, but keep them to myself. One of my teachers in high school, who was one of my favorites, had us students write all over his walls our favorite quotes. His room was covered with words, letters and pictures. I found it inspiring enough to start doing the same thing on my walls at home. My mom loved them and she wanted her own on my wall, "surround yourself with positive things." Although this is a great quote, I will share with you my favorite one of all time. "The little things are the big things." It has stuck with my my whole life, it is a simple but meaningful quote from my best friend, my grandmother.

You are not afraid to write about yourself and your past. You find writing about your past very easy to do because you are passionate about it. Without your past, you would not be who you are today. Your best grades you have received on papers have been ones about past struggles and triumphs. You find it very difficult to write about topics that are not very interesting and you rarely get good grades on those kinds of papers. Your english teacher from last semester said she even noticed that about your writing. You never did as well on the papers you were not very interested in, but the ones that you could get into were the ones you would get higher than 95s on. You also love to be assigned essays in which you can write about anything. For instance, if you were told right now to write a paper about anything in the whole world you would write about the number seven. You love random but ironic information about the world around you, such as our society runs on the number seven. Reading deeply into the night, becoming lost in someone else's words and other peoples lives. It is your favorite escape from reality.

She loves to write but is not sure if she could ever do it for a living. She feels like writing can either open up a world of success or lead someone down a road of disappointment. Never having a good enough book to be published would be devastating. She has heard of some authors who just never got it right, never could seem to get a published book. Although writing would be difficult and challenging, in the end there is a possibility of it paying off. She often wonders where authors like Stephen King, JK Rowling, Scott Westerfeld, Sarah Dessen and other famous writers get their inspiration from. She even understands it would not just be all about publishing a book but rather having it become a popular one. A book could sit on the same shelf for years and never be noticed, while others become very popular and are sold out weekly. She is still exploring all her options for she is only a freshman in college and has the ability to seek her strengths and weaknesses without worrying about a time limit to do so.