wasaraj

Autobiography

In second grade, I realized I wanted to be a writer. We did a writer's workshop everyday during language arts and I was always SO excited to get back to my stories. It relaxed me and got my feelings out, so I decided that would be a good career. Even though I was shy about my writing then, I still loved it! I remember thinking of ideas that I could write but never writing them because I was too embarrassed. Now I feel more confident with my writing. If I get an idea, I write it down and if I think I can make a story of it, I do it. I still don’t like to share my writing with a lot of people but I’m working on it by reading to my dog. The way I feel about writing now is excited. I’m eager to learn new techniques and try writing them.

A very influential author and series was The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes by Anne Mazer. I read all nineteen books in the series and absolutely loved them. These books inspired me to write realistic fiction. It is my favorite genre to write to this day. Also, in a lot of stories I wrote I would use a lot of the names from the series (Abby, Hannah, Natalie, etc.)

My favorite piece of writing I have ever written was A Doughnut’s Diary in fifth grade. The assignment was to pick a non-living object and describe a day in the life of that object. I chose a doughnut and did more than one day in the life of it. I did a whole week of the doughnut, which was about its whole life. The reason I liked it so much was because my teacher gave me a lot of praise on it. She told me that when she read it, she was at a basketball game and had to show it to the person sitting next to her even though she didn’t know the person! That made me feel good about myself. I also didn’t give up on this piece, even though I didn’t think I would enjoy writing that genre.

A major event that changed my writing was when I started online writing courses over the summer as part of Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. This course has ten assignments due every four days. When I turn in the assignments, I send them to a writing instructor. The writing instructor sends me comments and suggestions to improve my writing. That, and the instructions, made me a better writer. I have done this course for two years and I think have gained a lot of valuable techniques when writing.

Who knows where my writing career will go? I hope to pursue my dreams and become an author someday. I hope to go to Johns Hopkins University for college and get a degree in writing. But for right now, I’m just going to work hard on the writing assignments given to me.