December 17, 2009
Inspiration
Our last Introduction to Writing Arts class was spent listening to three speakers talk about how Writing Arts hasled them through their professional paths. At first I wasn’t sure what to expect. All of the other presentations we had had in these modules have been very good, but all good things must come to an end right?
Wrong. After hearing the three speakers present what they had to say, I’ve never felt more assured and confident about my choice to go into the Writing Art field. When I was younger up through high school I used to write stories, poems and play scripts all of the time. As well as teaching, I wanted to be a children’s writer, writing books about my experiences growing up, hopefully instilling important lessons in the children today. Once I started college, I felt that my studies needed to take president over my creative pieces. It wasn’t until last semester when I took a Creative Writing course that I saw the damage that I had done to myself. I lost it. I felt like I had no creative bone in my body when it came to writing. I struggled through that class and ended up with a B, but simply because I handed my work in on time.
Throughout this semester I’ve thought about my decision as being in the Writing Arts program if I could make it not having a “gift”. The three presenters on Tuesday really helped me with this. They talked about hard work and how writing was something you had to work at, little by little you should “practice” every night. It may sound corny but I was inspired by them, and I feel that my choice in staying with this program may be a long road, and hard at times, but I feel it’s going to benefit me the most in the long run and I’m willing to work for it.
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