Week 14: Famous Last Words

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I want to focus this Famous Last Words on everyone else in the class. While I ended up extremely busy with a tough semester and things happening that kept me from school, I want to say that I was so blown away by everyone’s writing this semester. The storybooks are incredible and I have read so many fun ideas that it really makes me happy that people were able to tap into their creativity and come up with such great ideas.

All of the storybook nominations for this semester were incredible. Kudos to each one of you, because you guys did awesome! Of course, the storybooks I read that did not make it to the nominations were phenomenal as well. From fantasy to riddles, to diaries and articles, from every genre and style and more, I think everyone did an amazing job. It really has made me want to dive right back into creative outlets like writing.

So I hope everyone was able to bring away something amazing from this class. Whether it be an appreciation for others art, for others introductions and life, making new friends, or tapping into their own outlets. It could be anything positive! Good job on all of your work and here is to the ending of a semester soon. I wish everyone good grades and a good future. I know that the year is ending but next year is a new year with even more exciting experiences to come. So be sure to remember this wonderful class!

I really wish I had taken this another semester to fully enjoy what I could’ve gotten out of it! Unfortunately, financially and personally I had a lot of struggles this year (family health) and I was unable to focus as much as I wanted to. But this overall was a super fun class!

Week 14 Essay: My Writing Memories

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Writing has always been a very important aspect of my life. It has been the outlet for my creativity, emotions, thoughts, and more. In a way, it is an art form of its own league because there so many styles and paths you can take with writing. I have noticed what I write now is so much different than when I first started.

I began writing poetry at a young age. My first solid memories of writing come about 9 or 10 years old and my mom would always submit those to those national books and whatnot. I would write poetry about love, family, my country, and more. Over time, especially when I got to my teenage years, my poetry became much more symbolic. It was about religion, my beliefs, my emotions, and my future. When I was in high school I started writing stories. My stories were always about romance and fantasy, which is something I still continue to write about today but with much more talent.

For me, writing was a way to funnel my creativity. There would be times I could dream up something awesome and write down the ideas as soon as I woke up and from that I could find ways to dream a new story, literally.

Style is something that has changed for me over time. When I was young, my style was not very defined. I wrote in simple sentences and used simplistic language. My writing was bland. Now, I try to make my stories flow and use language that helps describe situations, the environment, and to really help bring the writing to life. It takes practice and a lot of dedication to improve, as any art form does and classes have helped my writing tremendously. Classes in college have shaped my writing and I absolutely love each memory of it!