Me

I didn't plan on posting this one (a brief sketch of my time in my creative writing class) but... Why Not? :D All posts "My Front Porch" through this one are from my Creative Writing final portfolio that I titled "The Pieces of Me."

This class has been my favorite class that I have ever taken, and am sad to see it come to an end. I’ve learned so much in this class. I was so excited to take this class, if a bit nervous. I’ve always loved writing and I was excited to learn how to better my writing. I learned a lot; not necessarily just about writing, but also about myself. Bird by bird was an immense help in learning how to connect to my inner self and let the words come. Anne Lamott gave great advice all through her book on how get to know myself better and how that would help me write. I loved reading the writings of all the other students and seeing their own personalities show in their works. Through this class I have found the ability to draw on my writing more of when I want to.

This class presented challenges, which I accepted excitedly, and assignments that came fairly easy to me. My favorite assignments, though hard to pick from all of them, were the short story of unit 3 and the poetry of units 2 and 5. I loved how the short story turned out, and I got a lot of comments on it from friends and family. I did struggle a bit with writer’s block on it, but it came together very nicely. I’ve always loved poetry, and I loved that both poems I wrote were free-verse. The hardest things for me were the two poetry slams. The slams themselves were surprisingly fun, but the anticipation of having to put myself out there to people I didn’t know was terrifying. I learned from the poetry slams and the comments of Ms. Fuller and the class that my writing is good and that I shouldn’t be afraid to put it out there.

I plan to keep writing all my life, even if I never get published. I hope to have my grandmother, an author and poet and my inspiration, help me if ever I do have something I would like to publish. I can’t wait to share my final portfolio with friends and family. As this class draws to an end, I tend to feel sad, but I know that I must take Dr. Seuss’ words to heart when he said, “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”