I learned the truth about my past from when I was too young to remember, and many other things. Facing these problems helped me in a lot of problems I was having at the time. It gave me the opportunity to sit down and write about the problems and think of ways I could fix them. All of this not only helped me as a person but also in my writing. Everyone who knows my story, even Writing has always been a strong suit for me because of the experiences I’ve had. I feel like when you’ve been through a lot as a person it gives you an advantage to your writing. Not only can you relate to many topics, but you can put more feeling into your writing as well.
I starting writing when I was in elementary school. Back then I didn’t have the experiences I have today, but I still had the passion to write. At one point I had even joined the Writing Club. I went to all kinds of writing contests where I would be given topics to write about and have to come up with something. Each round there was one topic and we would have to write at least a page or more, if you made it passed that round you would move on to the next one and so on. That’s where I really learned how to write better. Later on I moved and didn’t have the writing club anymore, so I started writing either to myself, in my diary, or to other people in letters that were never delivered. It allowed me to get my emotions out by getting them on paper. It helped me with depression, anxiety, and made me feel better everyday.
As I got older I went through many obstacles in my life. I learned the differences between a poor society and a wealthy one, I learned what it’s like to be abandoned by your own family twice, some of my previous English teachers have said, “Wow, that would be an amazing book!” and they would be correct. At one point I even started a blog with chapters of my life and what I’ve experienced. I had to hide the blog from my dad, because if he found it he would get mad then delete it. I hid it for a while but eventually he found out. Someone had sent the blog to him, as expected, he went to my profile and deleted it. I still remember somewhat of what I wrote in them, but sometimes I wish I still had it because it would be easier to write a book if I did.
I think a major goal of mine has always been to write a book about my life and what I’ve been through. I’ve started some of it, but I feel like I need more experience in writing to make it better. I’ve decided that I would have two to three books total all relating to one whole story.
When I go to write this book about my life, I’m going to write it in first person point of view. I believe if the audience is reading it as if they are the character in the book they will enjoy it, and relate to it more than if they were reading it in 3rd person point of view. I want to write it where they can relate because maybe they will get the inspiration to start writing, mainly because I know other kids have a lot of family problems, and I feel like this book will help them out. I also want to write it in first person point of view because I want to be able to relive the things I write about so it comes from the heart, not only that but so it will have more feeling in it. If you can’t feel what you’re writing or can’t relate to it by heart what’s the point of writing it? That’s just the way I think of it.
From all that I can remember this is my history with writing. I’m so glad I started writing at a young age, because I can gladly say it helped me a lot and changed me as a person. I am extremely happy about this book I am starting to write. And I can’t wait for more exciting adventures in my life, that I can eventually write about. Who knows, maybe even some day I will publish the stuff I write about.
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