Jordan Cox
1st period
8/29/10
Rough Draft
My Writing Adventure
My journey toward writing first took place when I was a young chap. My mother would read me my favorite books, Dr. Seuss. They had a positive influence on my writing. I didn’t start actually writing until about preschool. I was a very competitive boy and one could say I was a teachers pet. I loved getting praise from my parents and teacher. Whenever we learned something new like the letter A, I would go home and practice writing that letter. Other than that I wasn’t the kind of a kid to put my imaginative thoughts on paper; I was more of the kid who would get his brother and play games with those ideas. I did things like sword fighting as pirates to digging for me booty!
My writing career actually started when I was about in sixth grade. My teacher, Mrs. Hansen, would give us about ten new vocabulary words each week. She would then make us write a story on anything I desired, as long as it used all the words. Now this was heaven for me, because I hate when teachers give you a topic to write on. It makes me feel like my thoughts are caged in and I can’t use my creativity. When thinking of these stories I used every ounce of my wacky imagination. For the first time I enjoyed writing and I couldn’t wait for the teacher to read mine. I am especially proud of one of my stories called, The Island. This was no ordinary story; this story was like pure awesomeness! The plot of this story came from my dream one night. I took that dream and expanded on it and I had this visual movie of it replaying in my head. I thought this story was going to be so good that my teacher would get it published, it would be a best seller, and they would make a movie about it. When writing this paper I was disappointed on my limited time, so I was forced to summarize it and cut it short. This moment of my writing was the climax of my journey. After that my like for writing has slowly dwindled.
I use writing almost everyday. Whether it is writing my name or writing secret notes to a friend in class. My present writings have lost their zing. I am too worried what the teacher will think that I am afraid to challenge my self and risk my grade. I also tend to lose my personality when talking to teachers. When the audience is my friends I am more likely to fill it up with personality and jokes. I think one of the most important aspects in writing is to entertain the reader; I hate when kids get up and put me to sleep. I also hate writing with light colored pencils; it has to be either a pen or a pencil with dark led. Writing takes a lot out of me, so I have to take T.V./food breaks.
I have some stuff I hope to improve on. I hope to use more voice in my essays and to make it more enjoyable for the audience I’m writing for.
