Write 250-500 words describing what drives you to express yourself in writing. Does it help clear your head? Does it make you feel alive? Where did this desire come from? A person? A thing? Tell us in any format you choose. This assignment is due at the end of the period.
Why do I write? Why do you write? Everyone got a different opinion on why they write. Well I love writing about the things I go through and the stuff that goes into and out of my life. Writing is a peace of mind you could write and say whatever you want. You could express yourself in any way that you like. No one tells you no and no one tells you to fix a mistake. It’s you; you are writing for yourself. I like writing because sometimes I go through something that I don’t have people to share it with I will just hold a pencil and write everything that is in my heart and mind. Anything that is in your mind you can put it on paper and just take your heart out when you are writing. It makes me release all the anger in me all out on paper. I don’t have to take my anger and go fight someone or say something to my teacher. When I’m mad I fight the paper and the pencil. Writing keeps me from saying things that don’t need to be said. Words on paper are the key for me not to get in trouble and keeping me away from getting into it. If there were no writing and paper I don’t know what kind of things I would get into. Writing is a free place for you to dive in and dream big and no one would stop you. You could live your dreams and dream big and do anything or write anything you want on the paper it’s a place where everything is yours. You are the king in your own world. Dive in and be free because writing a thing that was invented for us it is here for a purpose. I love writing it keeps me away from things and anything that is in my mind I could just write it and get it all out it’s a stress reliever. Paper and a pencil is all we need to get out mind and dreams to come true. This is why I write.
ReplyDeleteThis is excellent. It shows a lot of passion. If you go back and use appropriate punctuation, this would be a great piece to include on the spectrum site.
DeleteWhy do I write?
ReplyDeleteFunny for you to ask
Most people find writing as something very boring or lifeless
But to me it is something much more
I find writing as a way to be free
A way to let loose everything from inside
A way for me to be myself with nothing for me to have to hide
None of my writings are exactly the same
Though some may rhyme
Have a topic close to another
Or even seem like something repeated they are all different
And this isn’t because I might write them at different times of the day
The reasoning could more likely be that they all revolve
Revolve around an idea that they come from different parts of MY life
Whether I was down
Happy
Or even completely lost I could always find a way to write
If I’m not writing physically then I’m definitely planning to mentally
Because writing comes to me naturally
And when I say write I do not just mean poetry
My “skills” are not and could not be limited to just that
I express myself through stories and songs
All of them do relate
Some are a continuation of another but you would have to look close to compare
The hints are all hidden but definitely just sitting there
Though I do write all the time I mostly do it when my mind is in a bust
When I feel my heart sinking down
When I just don’t know how to fix a problem or get things just right
I just well write
It helps soothe my soul some may say it clears my heart
It frees my mind
Writing lets me let go of myself and cross into a place where my creativity just flows
And how I’m writing this right now is an example
Of me just opening up and thinking deeper
Making a better understanding of things that I already now
Now to reiterate the question of “why do I write”
I would give the question WHY WOULDN’T I WRITE……
Excellent as always Totiana.
DeleteAwesome! But empower it further by inserting commas and punctuation in the appropriate places! Definitely good for Spectrum!
DeleteA way to blow out my thoughts
ReplyDeleteA way to take out all the anger I have
The thoughts I have in my mind
A way to scream
But not out loud
Screaming with pen and paper
Screaming with just words
A way to let go all those things that hold me back
A time to let me be creative
A time where my thoughts can just be normal
But normal isn’t a word
If writing was to be normal
How would it be?
There are many different ways of normal
For me normal is being
Creative
Having fun
Just being yourself
This is different from someone else
For they think normal is just with words
Words bring so much into one’s life
It can be sad
It can be happy
But with words it can bring out who you are
There is nothing that holds you back
Let all the thoughts flow quietly together
For me it’s as easy as a one two three
Time waits
For me and my writing to combine
Poems
Stories
A different way to let everything out
It’s like a diary but even better
Writing relaxes the body
Writing makes me
Writing is something that never crossed my mind
Writing used to be despised by everyone
Now people enjoy it
Even me
Now I understand why other people stood up for writing so much
Writing is a way to look at the different moods
It’s to see that way that people think
For we are not all made the same
Writing is made into everything
Writing is used to write stories
Poetries
Songs
Books
Where would we be without writing?
Would this world be plain without any type of writing?
From ancient times where people began to write
It was pictures but that was their writing
Pen, paper, and words is our type of way of writing
No matter what there is always writing being used
Writing combines with who the person is
What is writing?
Why do I like to write?
Begin to let yourself go on a piece of paper
Have you done it yet?
Yes, okay
Now do you want to stop?
Just be free
Is what writing does for me
I really like this. I think it could be better if you inserted commas in the proper places.
Deletewhy i write.? the reason why i write is to express my feelings and emotions. it can be towards anything a bad break with your boo, someone in your family passed away, or it can be something you passionaltly love. when i write i tell how i feel during the time that i am writing and write what is on my mind all the time. i like writing about real stuff that actually happend in my life so far. for example friends there is alot of people whom you can call friends but are there really your friends.? my mother always tells me you never know if your shakin the wrong enemies hand. when i write i get so in to my writing sometimes i feel like it takes me to another world literaly. its just the pencil and i with our friend paper. i can write for days if i had too. sometimes i may write just to let things out of my mind. in many ways people dont understand me up to this day even my own parents cant i am a wierd kid in a way. but the most things i hate is nervous feelings. before a football game the way i be feeling is crazy. i hate mixed emotions when it comes to important things like that but thats why i write to express my feelings
ReplyDeleteI know you want to give this a certain urban feel, but I think it would be empowered by proper grammar and spelling.
DeleteWriting is a tool that helps everyone clear their head. I write so I won’t have all these crazy emotions stuck in my head. It’s a necessary tool that I need to do daily. Mostly why I chose this class. Writing, in many ways, makes me feel alive. I feel like another person when I write. My desire for writing comes mainly from my heart. I bottle up so many feelings that I can’t really handle it. So writing really clears my mind and helps me through tough times. There’s always been this one problem that I always seem to write about. My father. I write about him, and it’s what drives me to write because he did leave my mom and I when I was very young. So in many ways this causes me to have alot of emiotions. It’s not something I can get over. I feel abandoned, unloved, and it’s just miserable. He drives me to write mostly because I sometimes think I’m actually talking to him while I write. I ask him questions and blame him for everything wrong that has happened to me and my mom.
ReplyDeleteWriting in general is a great way to expand your creativity. I love writing stories. I especially love writing stories about something that happened in my past.
I appreciate your candor here.
DeleteThere is always something that makes me want to write; in my mind that something calls out to a pen and paper and I just write. There is one thing that gets my thoughts on paper, and that thing is my imagination. When I was born, I had a mind, I did then and I still do now, and it is always is full of story ideas. At my eighth grade graduation, I received the writing award. In middle school writing lab, I was able to write down scenarios, story ideas, or even random thoughts in my mind to help clear my head. I have always been interested in writing, and coming up with storylines. For example, in elementary school, we were given a picture of a person doing something, like juggling a bowling ball, and a torch, and a computer. We had to come up with a theme, a setting, character background, conflict, and resolution; I always knew how to organize my ideas and come up with a story idea right on the spot. When I was younger, I kept a journal. And in that journal there were thoughts that I had, and a play-by-play of what happened to me that week or that day in school. Expressing myself in what I write really makes me feel alive. I have a very fun time coming up with the ideas. When I grow up and go to college, I want to major in writing and become a journalist, or even an author of short stories, like Stephen King or Rudyard Kipling. It’s something that I enjoy doing, and want to do that for a long time.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have quite a history with writing. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
DeleteWhenever someone asked her who she was her response was simple. She was writer. She lived to write. She was constantly imagining some new story, thinking of some innovative way to describe some beautiful thing. To write was her passion. It was, without a doubt, the only thing that concerned her. Algebra and physics always took a second seat.
ReplyDeleteIt had started when she was young, the first time she picked up a book, to be exact. It had been a collection of fairytales, a gift from her grandmother. It was then that she realized what a gift her imagination really was. From that day on she could not be separated from a notebook and a pencil. The older she got the more intense her passion became. It consumed her. To write a story, to perfectly describe the melting colors of a sunset, to develop her heroine to the point that she seemed like a real person was the only thing that could satisfy her.
She had been asked countless times why it was that she loved to write. She always shrugged it off, it was just something she was good at, that was her only reply. Deep down though, she knew exactly why she wrote. When she wrote she was no longer a teenage girl in the suburbs, with failing grades and no father. In a story she could be anything she wanted, she could create any world she could imagine. She could live in a cottage on the English seashore. She could roam the bazaars of Constantinople. She could be a duchess, a queen, any young woman of high breeding she wished. She could go to Greece, California, or Hong Kong. She could be and do anything she wanted. That was why she wrote.
This has a very distinctive voice. I love it. SPECTRUM!
DeleteSome people write to express themselves through ways that they cannot in their real lives. I think that is the way most of the writers in this world get involved in the activity. They simply have no way to say what they are feeling so they turn to pen and paper instead. It’s a very good way to discover writing and it has been the motive behind some of the greatest writers in history.
ReplyDeleteBut for me, I write because it helps me get my mind off of the things around me, and not to keep my mind on what is going on in real life. Whenever I write, whether it is simply a page paper for an English assignment, or a report on why the roman empire collapsed, I enjoy escaping real life for the minutes or hours that I am occupied.
But the motivation behind my writing isn’t the same as why I write. I personally write to learn more about things surrounding me. My favorite type of writing is the type that gets you not only writing but searching and researching topics that may help me later on in life. When I am writing I am not only looking to express my feelings on paper but to learn about how and why others are doing something the same way as me or why they are doing it differently. If there are people that are doing it the same as me then I know if am doing something write. If I see other people doing something different then I know I have an area where I can improve. This makes my main motivation to learn through writing.
I can totally relate to the idea of a welcome distraction. Just proofread this for errors.
DeleteWriting, what does it do for me? Writing is a tool that was use since ancient times probably use in many different ways but it was still a way for people to communicate through each other. For me writing is something else as a kid I was not a big fan of writing because I thought it was too much work and I always hated reading books so why write so much when people probably get boring reading the stuff you write. As time went by writing became more boring for me but by the time I hit my high school years I was slowly noticing that writing is not all about taking notes or having to write what your teachers tell you but instead I learn that writing can be not as boring if includes me just doing my own thing this came to me when me and one of my friends started to rap for fun but ended up actually liking it because it was stuff that came out of our heads. This is when it basically started and although we still don’t do it as much it actually grew up our minds our intelligence level went up with learning to new words or to learn rhyming and synonyms of words I guess its true what people say when the best teacher in your life is yourself . As a junior I picked to take creative writing and the thing is the honestly it is my favorite class because I’m actually writing what’s in my head and not have that feeling that I have to do this to please my teacher in a way I feel like my mind is relax over thinks and I can express the things I feel for that day or weeks.
ReplyDeleteI really like the originality of your response, but it is very difficult to read without proper punctuation.
DeleteThere are many reasons why I write. I write to let my feelings go so I won’t take it out on anyone that I care about. It makes me calm and think about my future and what I want to do with myself or how to make smarter choices. It clears my head out, and think about the past and what would have happen if I didn’t do what I did, or wonder if anything in the pass didn’t happen I think about how I would act now. If I’m writing about something I like than I can write about it for hours nonstop. Writing gives me something to do, and it really helps me with everything I go through. Such as, fights with friends,family, and school. When I write about me I let everything out, what I’m thinking about, how I’m feeling, and random thoughts that come into my head. I also don’t mind writing stories, or poems. When I was younger my brother would write amazing stories and he is always telling me everything he wrote or have me read it that made me want to write. When I write I feel like I’m writing a story about my life and everything that goes on. I don’t leave out any detail. My sister and I are always writing letters to each other, and I once write her a three or four page paper talking about what I was doing all day and night. When I write to someone I like to tell full detail so that they can picture it in their head. I would write every joke someone told me that day or stories and tell my sister sometimes. I would write how my facial expressions looked like. I would even ask myself questions if I had too. Writing is sometimes better than talking to someone about it because, if I tell someone they would give attitude or tell me something I don’t want hear. Also my family says things to me that I don’t want to hear, and I would want to say something back but, I don’t want to be rude so I would just write it down. That’s why I write to let everything out.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure your brother would be proud to see how much he influenced you. Proofread this for a few punctuation and homophone errors.
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ReplyDeleteWhy do I write? I have been writing since first grade. I remember exactly when I started getting interested in writing. I was in first grade and we had to write stories on our life. We had to talk about moments that were important to us. My friend Kevin Barra and I sat next to each other in Mrs. Katz first grade classroom and we would compete to see who could write the most. By the time we were both done with our stories we had maybe fifteen pages each and at our age that was a lot. Our teacher loved how much we enjoyed the writing and how much we wrote that she suggested us for the two students to go to the Young Author’s Convention. We got to spend the day with a bunch of authors teaching us different writing techniques and they showed us different books that they have written. Ever since the convention I have always liked writing. I even won a poetry award presented to me by the Courier News when I was in fifth grade. It is just a way for me to express my feelings and to vent the problems going on in my life. I love writing and I hope to continue it in the future.
Wow! Compete to see who can write the most! If only you would do that in here with Miss Lester.
DeleteWhy I write? Let’s see, I’ve been writing since I was old enough to write my name. I write when I’m happy, sad, or mad. Writing is the only thing that gets all my thoughts on paper. I like reading and writing, and always have. Writing down my thoughts and feelings, open up a whole new world of opportunities and ideas. Writing such as short stories, poems, how my day went is all fun and interesting to me. Sometimes it’s hard getting everything I want to say out, I guess you can say I express myself best through what I put down on paper. For some reason, that relieves stress, anger, happiness and whatever other emotions I’m feeling at the time. I also like being able to look back on my work and see what I wrote and how I was feeling at that moment. I used to have notebooks filled with poems and stories that I wrote myself, but after some time I just stopped writing. Writing about different events and experiences is interesting and a valuable way to spend my time. This Creative Writing class shows me different techniques of poems, stories and other things that get me interested again. Even if I’m writing about nothing specific, just my thoughts on paper makes me feel better. Sometimes when I can’t live something myself or the thoughts are just flowing ,or if I have an idea, I usually put it down into a story or a poem. Some people may find writing boring and unappealing, mainly because of their lack of imagination. Everybody has ways of expressing themselves, whether it be through art or speaking, but I like discovering new ways to write and express myself. When I was younger, my mother taught me that reading and writing was essential to everyday life, I think I like writing more than anything else because it’s something my mom and I connect on. I don’t write just to pass a class or because I have to, more because it’s fun and generally useful. A piece of writing can be a simple note, or a long journal entry, they all have their different stories and reasons behind them. I love and appreciate the world of writing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your statement about lack of imagination. So true.
DeleteIt is hard to explain the exact reason that I find pleasure in writing. It lets me escape the real world and express myself in a way that I cannot otherwise. Writing lets me dream of things otherwise unattainable. That is why when I write mostly in fiction. Fiction allows me to write about anything I want. I think that I started writing because when I was little I would make lists of everything. It turned into me staying up and writing about my dreams and the crazy things that would pop into my mind. Now I write actual stories. Although they are all fiction, they are based off of plausible, well semi-plausible events. But I am not going to get into what exactly I write right now because that is something I like to keep to myself. Over the summer I would stay up late and just write. Everyone else in my house would be asleep and I would be exploring my creative side. I am always eager to write. I will spend the entire day thinking about how I am going to add to my stories and by the time I get to writing, I will just let my creativity flow. Once I run out of thoughts for the night, I will feel accomplished. I don’t really like it when I have a certain topic to write about. For example, we were given an assignment to write a love poem one time last year in this class. It was hard for me to think of something that will inspire me. I cannot write without an inspiration. Usually, if we are given an assignment, I will Google images landscapes. I really enjoy writing about landscapes.
ReplyDeleteI find this utterly fascinating. No typos!
DeleteThe reason I write would be to express how I really feel inside of me. I feel a tingly sensation and see it come out on the piece of paper makes me burst in excitement. It’s a way to show people how you feel and how you’re capable of showing people how you feel. It’s also a way to help myself clear my head and relieve myself in a different type of way instead of anger. Writing makes me feel alive because I know that I can write about anything I want. I could write about a real life situation or make up a made up character like Winnie the Pooh who is my favorite child hood character. This desire just happened it started when I was a young child and I was given a piece of paper and a pen for my birthday and it was just me and I felt like a young Shakespeare. I look up to Shakespeare and the literary technique that he used to make his poems come to life and made into a character. Romeo and Juliet is an amazing written poem that really touched my heart and me feel a certain type of way. Honestly I don’t enjoy writing at all but I do it because it’s what I have to do to pass the class. I rather draw and paint because that is what I do. Or do I really enjoy writing? You will never know because that is something you can do as a writer.
ReplyDeletethis is the greatest peace of literature ive ever seen in my life. the ending made me cry
DeleteI write because this class requires me to do so. I never write, unless I am instructed to do so, other than that, I do better things with me time such as working out, or reading or watching TV or other things. I don’t really feel an expression of myself when I write like others do, I just find do it to get a grade and I don’t really find any enjoyment out of it. I like writing stories more than essays because there’s not as many rules with them but even writing stories begins to get boring and monotonous to me at a certain point. For example, I am dreading writing the 20 page paper for the end of the year and I have no idea why that would be assigned to us. Even though I am an excellent writer, perhaps the best to ever live, I don’t enjoy writing and the end of this school year will most likely be the end of my marvelous writing career. Even though many scholars and people will be in disbelief that I am deciding to put down the pen, I believe that it will have to be the end for me. I know of men that write when they are in an existential funk, so to say, but not this guy, the desire for writing is a dying fire and will not be fueled any longer after my illustrious high school career is over. So I am sorry to say, I do not particular enjoy writing, I just do it for the fans.
ReplyDeletei am you #1 fan!!!!!!!!!
DeleteWhy I write?
ReplyDeleteIf I had to give a single answer, it would be that I write to live. Everything that makes up who I am, my thoughts, memories and general existence is held together to form the being that is Bailie Mauriello Whether it’s a conscience thought or an indirect action, everything I do, in some way, contributes to my writing. Every thought that passes through my head can be somehow tied to an idea for a writing prompt. I look for creative inspiration in anything and everything around me. And everything I see gets written down. If it’s not a part of a story or a poem, then I write it in my journal. The one thing in the world that keeps me sane. When my head gets jumbled and I wind up getting confused within my own mind, my journal is the one thing that allows me to get every thought and feeling out. I go back and read former entries and it gives me this perspective on the world where for once I understand.
Whenever I think I know for sure how many writing notebooks I have, I’ll accidently find another that I had forgotten about long ago. There’s always one that I carry around with me at all times. Once, when I left my pocketbook in a restaurant, I was more concerned with getting my notebook back than my wallet which held thirty dollars and my license inside. My writing is the only way I know how to put the perfect words together to express how I feel. It’s hard for me to talk with people, I always wind up wishing I could rewind the conversation and reword this sentence and or say that phrase instead of the one I used. With writing I can. I can go back and revise it, make it even better than before. I can create a new world to get lost in, even if that world is my own house. There is nothing else in my life that holds my world together like my writing.
I love your perspective!
DeleteWriting is an escape from the stress. Letting the words flow through your fingers, onto the keyboard or onto the paper clears the mind of all but the task at hand. Writing exercises the mind and releases emotions healthily. An atmosphere builds around the writer as he finds himself deep into his topic, story or poem. Writing can be used to express an opinion, inform, and tell a story, along with many other purposes. Writing is everything in this world. Since the beginning of time, humans have been writing with symbols, pictures, and words. It led to record being kept of history, historical literature passed down and our understanding of the past. Writing gives the world stories, beautiful literature that can often bring the reader a better understanding of themselves, others or the world around them. Writing has influenced politicians and other important figures in society. Without writing this world would be lost and empty. There would be no communication with the past, nor messages left for the future. Writing is important for not only communication and information, but entertainment. Writing can bring joy to many people, including myself. The writing and joy of others can be passed on to those who love to read, bringing the whole world happiness.
ReplyDeleteWhy do I write? I write to escape the troubles of reality. To go into a world that I created and where things happen as I plan them. Writing lets me control my destiny, even if it's only on paper. When I write, I decide what happens and I can do whatever I want. I don't have to do what other people tell me to do in a story I create. Even the laws of nature don't have to apply in my writing. I can be a hero who saves the day, or an astronaut who explores space, or even an alien who has come to investigate Earth. I could possibly become the president or a fearsome monster if I wanted to. I choose who I want to be in my paper universe. I can even choose the fate of the people around me. I could turn criminals into law abiding citizens, poor people into rich people, or perhaps I could turn Mrs. Ell into a unicorn if I so desire. Writing gives me the power to do what I please in my reality made out of ink. I could decide to bring Atlantis out of the ocean, or maybe have dinosaurs roam the Earth once more. If I wanted to visit the future, I could do it. Or maybe I could visit another dimension instead. I don't have to worry about the economy, wars, or even about school when I'm in my written world. I write to escape the troubles of this world.
ReplyDeleteWhy do I write? I haven’t the slightest clue. I have never truly pondered my reasoning until now. I guess I would say to express myself and my thoughts on different things. Nobody inspired me to start this process it just happened. There are those things that can’t be explained and for me this is one of them. I mostly write poetry and I have a few story ideas in my head but I seem to get writers block somewhere in the beginning and never pick it up again. When it comes to writing a story, things don’t often fall into place for me. I always have different ideas for what I want to happen, but I can never seem to make them flow on paper. My poetry on the other hand will flow like water down a stream. I have written to much poetry in the past year alone. I only started writing in last November and now I have over sixty poems written. I find it odd though that I am able to write poems fairly quickly but I can’t seem to get very far on a story idea that I’ve had for a while. I do prefer poetry though because it’s so short and I can put a lot of meaning in a small amount of space. I have realized that I write the best when there are things going on around me. I’m always able to take something from it and spin it into something that has meaning. I still have problems with my writing as anyone would and I hope for the best and wait for the kinks to be worked out.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised that you have been having difficulty with fiction and more success with poetry. Interesting.
DeleteA silly question to me is "Why I do I write?". It wasn't always this way. I used to despise writing. I dreaded walking into my 5th grade writing class. Even creative writing and short stories were torture for me. But after years and years of practicing my writing, I finally accepted reality. I realized that the world is full of writing and I could never escape it. That's when I learned to love it. To this day I hate writing essays and persuasive works. But other assignments like short stories and poems come so easily to me. I live to write because it helps me get away from my life. I love making my own world and just writing about it. Especially stories I write set in the future. These works help me fix the problems in my life and prevent scenarios like these from ever happening. Whenever I write in first person, I feel like I am the character and as if my life has been replaced with one that is so much more exciting and sometimes dangerous. I love writing because nobody can correct or ridicule me. It is what I want. My work is not an essay that has to be edited. It is a work of art that is mine and nobody can change it. I don’t write for any particular reason. I do it for myself because in my writing, all that matters is me. I’m not out to impress anyone. I write because I am creative. Because writing is my life and it is what I love to do.
ReplyDeleteFiercely independent. I love the spirit of this.
DeleteThe things that get caught in my mind
ReplyDeleteCan mess a person up
The things that get caught
Can ruin someone
The way a mind works can be so complex
The things that run through mine
Can really mess a person up
The scenes that run through a mind
The times when you even scare yourself
The times when you can’t breathe
The times when you scare the ones around you
The words we create
The movies we make
The people we create
The stories we make
Us kids today aren’t put together
We mess up like all kids do
But were screwed up
At least we still have each other
Why do we do these to ourselves?
The pain and suffering
Why do we sit through hell?
Why do I let people hurt me?
I’m just a kid
I can’t do this on my own
I need ones help to guide me
Someone to help me
A kid can only do so much
Without some guidance
Why must we be miserable?
Why do we torture ourselves?
Why do we put ourselves through such pain?
Why us?
I like the way you use repetition in form to drive home your points.
DeleteWriting has always been a way to help me take out my stress and calm my head. When I write, all I think about is what word to use or how to continue the piece. During my writing time, I do not have the capacity in my brain to think about all the mess happening in my life or all the dramas going on in school. It helps me relax, clear my head, and get ready to face new problems. It is like clicking the refresh button on the internet. Everything starts over again.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason I like to write is because I have secrets that I cannot tell to my friend or my family. I would write down these feelings in my journal. There are also times when someone said something I do not like, and I tried to talk to my parents about it, but they just said to let it go or ignore it. The reality is I can’t just ignore. Some comments bother me so much I have to keep on talking to someone about that comment until I have a feeling of victory, like someone finally agrees with what I am saying. Though, most of the time, people do not think the way I do, so I write works in my journal and my journal is like the buddy that will always agree with me.
Lastly, I write to think about all of the possibilities in life. What if I was not born as Herga Zhang? What if I was born in a different family? What if I did not do this or did not do that? Would there be any change in my life? I always wonder how my life turned out if I did not make a certain choice. I would think about these questions and write down in the form of bullet points in my journal. It would be cool when you are old, and you start flipping through these old journals and diaries of when you are young. You would know what you did every day and that your life is not wasted. I even like to write down random facts in a scrap notebook just to make myself feel smart. Different people write for different purposes. As for me, I write to let out my emotions and just rant about my life. Maybe, when I am old, and when I am looking through these old journals, I will get a good laugh out of how I thought when I was young.
I like the analogy of the "refresh" button. Very cool.
DeleteWriting is a skill that almost everyone has. The difference between someone that writes because they have to and someone that writes because they want to is whether or not that person has the desire to turn their feelings into something that is tangible and visual. Writing allows emotions and thoughts to be seen in a graphic perspective. I write because it can be difficult to contain all of your views, opinions and thoughts in your head. Writing allows thoughts to be organized in a way that can be seen, instead of just chaotically placed in your head. Writing is the one activity that allows me to express what I need to communicate in a way that does not take away my feelings, but can actually enhance them. Writing is an important aspect of my life. Without it, I most likely would not be able to cope with everything that happens throughout my life. Everyone has something in their lives that helps them deal with everything, and writing is the activity that does this for me; however, I do not always have to write personally. Sometimes I can just read a book. I love the way that words can sound together and I love reading stories from these words. Writing is incorporated in my life in a very significant way and if I could not write, I feel that many things in my life would not hold as much value or meaning. Writing aids in expressing the importance of the actions that I take in my life. This desire to write most likely comes from my love of reading and books. I believe that I write to accomplish the same feeling that I have after I have read an excellent story. Writing makes me feel that I can accomplish and execute any idea or opinion, all because I have the ability to write it down. I also write because it is an activity that promotes and encourages the freedom of creativity. When I write, I know that I have the choice to say what I want and I have the ability to show originality. There are probably many things that allow people to express themselves, and writing achieves this for me.
ReplyDeleteThis is cool because it is formal and passionate at the same time. Great job!
DeleteWriting has always come easy to me. I am very good at spelling difficult words and I have always gotten good grades on spelling and writing tests in the past. Ever since late elementary school I have been writing things. Every once in a while I decide to write a short story just to clear my head about anything. I just feel that when I write I become more relaxed, even though I don’t sit down and write that much. When I was younger I would always see my brother write short stories about random ideas that came into his head, so that’s probably where I got to writing. A few years ago I wrote a lot of stories for no reason but have since cooled down on it probably because I am older now, around the time I was in middle school. The things that I write mostly involve a lot of story and plot that I just thought up. Sometimes my stories involved people from my family, especially my old pets that I used to have many years ago. Sometimes when I would writ I would often get writers block and wouldn’t be able to think of anything that was because I was trying too hard. So far my stories have not involved anything to do with sadness and death because I don’t like to write or think about those things, they bring me down. My writing doesn’t really make me feel alive, I just feel normal when I write stories.
ReplyDeleteYour comment about writing to feel normal is very true. I can relate to that.
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ReplyDeleteI write for many reasons for example like in some cases it’s better to write things down instead of saying things out loud. Writing is a huge stress reliever for me. I express my feelings on paper without hurting anyone that I’m upset with that way I let all the anger out without making a big dramatic scene. Writing is like talking to someone about your problems but instead of them judging you for it, they actually listen. When I know I can’t trust certain people with some secrets I just jot them down. Writing is a gateway to heaven for many people. I get angry easily and I say what’s on my mind without thinking about it twice, and yeah some people have gotten mad at me for the things I said but at the time I could’ve cared less but now I’m trying to fix the issue I have. I don’t like making people feel humiliated off of the words that came out of my mouth because I know for sure that I wouldn’t want anyone making me feel the same way. When I write stories I control anything that goes on and what the character says. Writing your own story is like being in your own parallel universe and everything goes as planned. I write any type of nonsense either from what I heard, things I seen or even things I’ve been through, and instead of telling people these silly things and making myself look crazy I’d rather write it down. Nobody will understand me as well as I do myself.
I love this; it really speaks a truth about writing that many people share in experiencing. If you proofread this, I think it would be great to include on the Spectrum page.
DeleteWhy I write is a huge question. Some people my write for fun or to get there head out of their everyday problems. I write for all t hose reasons but I also love to express my creativity. Writing helps me do that just as well as art and music. You can express crazy story ideas or everyday life in essays or stories. Expressing my creativity is a big part of who I am and that’s why writing has become a huge part of my life. The other reason why I write is because it does take stress off of me. Sitting down at a computer and letting my fingers type what my mind is thinking takes a lot of stress off me. When I write stories my mind wonders to a different land away from what we know as reality. The stories that I write I can make it to fit how I see the world should be, or I can escape into a fairytale and write about fantasy. I can make my way be the right way and make the characters do what I want them to do. Writing also helps me keep my focus in reality. By writing stories that could potentially take place I let my mind wonder to the possibilities in life and all the outcomes. I can write about the end of the world and how that may come upon the people of this world, or how the decisions that world leaders make can affect the nobles of this world and peasants. Writing is a way for me to express my feelings, emotions, creativity and stress. It helps me out a lot in life.
ReplyDeleteYou're such a good writer! That's why I love doing co-stories with you! <3
DeleteWow! Writing really accomplishes many tasks for you. Very illuminating entry.
DeleteWhy do I write? That is sometimes a silly question to ask. It’s like asking you why you breathe. Whatever I look at I will think of something to write about. I can look outside at the sun shining down on the trees, or how the clouds move so easily. How the wind continually comes from all directions, pushing me over like I was nothing. I write because it gives me freedom to do whatever I want. It gives me freedom to conceive different universes, to imagine different plots and twists. Create characters that are like me and act like me. I can actually put myself into the stories that I write. Who wouldn’t want to do that? There are so many possible story ideas and each one is unique. No matter how many people write your story will always be able to stand out from the rest because no two stories are the same. It is almost impossible for two stories to be the same. Just to think about all the possibilities wants t make me write. It is making me anxious to write one of my stories write this instant.
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ReplyDeleteThe reason why I write has no complicated answer. I do not need to write to let my emotions out. I never had a deep emotion that I could only express on paper because I am a man. Men do not need to display emotions in any way. Emotions will only lead to weakness and that is not a quality of a man. I only write to satisfy my loveable fans who number in the billions. Even though I am a man I still need to show that I am worthy role model for people to follow, because only true men can lead. I do not feel pain nor do I write about it because I don’t understand it because I have never experienced it. Nor do I feel warmth and compassion towards anyone, I rule with iron fist. All my fans are people who are lost without a leader, and that’s the role I fill. I was born to stand above all men because of my strength I show with my muscles and my words. I give people a feeling of safety that only my strength can give. No one questions my leadership or power and anyone that has ever opposed me has been erased from the history books. Again I go to the point that the reason I write is to let my fans know that my strength is great and I am great.
No words can be spoken louder than the ones I put on paper. When the tip of my ballpoint pen hits a crisp, white sheet or when my fingertips hit the smooth keys of a keyboard, something tremendous happens. It’s as if the words that get jumbled in my head, standing tip-toed in the depths of my mind can finally fall freely. There are no distractions—no interruptions—for these words have a mind of their own. They are outspoken. When I write, the ordinary scenes around me become poems, short stories, or plays. When I write, there are no words left unsaid. There’s always an explanation to what I usually cannot comprehend: “I hate you” becomes “I miss you,” “I don’t care” becomes “I’m sorry.” The characters in my mind are straightforward; there are no mysteries—unless I want there to be. When I write, my heart and my mind mingle to express what my mouth cannot. When I write, I can take back what I said and start all over again. When I write, I’m expressing myself, but perhaps I’m expressing you as well. Perhaps there’s a secret language that only can be spoken on paper for we are afraid to speak it aloud.
ReplyDelete“To write” sparks an unfathomable amount of ideas from person to person, therefore, everyone has a different reason for why they do it. I use it as a tool unlike any other, a tool to stream ideas, feelings, and emotions to a reliable a source. This source will not tell a soul or judge you like a person would. It’s the only holy network that welcomes any words, hateful, or peaceful, with open arms. Writing lets me clear my head of any impurities that lurk unattended to and lets me easily. Even a specific writing assignment allows me to analyze something and write about it, which just feels good. Exercising the brain and one’s creativity should be a daily event and almost required. Not enough people write, and it’s a loss for them. Without writing, I would be a lot more bunched up and stressed. I would still be able to function, of course, but writing gives a little leisure room to not have your thoughts and emotions linger in a dark cloud above you. Instead, you can rain them down upon a diary, online, or a piece of paper and there’s always enough room to say what you have to say.
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