How is it I became a writer?
I started writing
at fourteen. I don't know exactly why I started writing, except that I became
lost in my imagination. You look at humanity day by day and see people wake up,
work, eat and sleep in a repetitive cycle until they have served their purpose ...
all in the name of progressive growth for our country. Where is the adventure
in that? That is what I lust for and that is adventure. I guess that I became a
writer to escape from the tyranny of life. My goal is for a successful career
in which I decide when I retire, the pace of how much I write, and whether I
want to seek out a publisher or risk self-publishing my story.
'Life is a box of chocolates' - Forrest Gump (1994)
That, in my opinion, is what being
a writer is like. As a writer, you never know where you're going to be swept
off to. Each flavour is an adventure waiting to happen - a door to a mysterious
room waiting to be unlocked. You are forever exploring ... and chasing. As a
writer, you're chasing a goal that will be very difficult to catch, one that
you will never know when you achieve it. Even though that there
will be difficult times in chasing this goal, when you do catch it, you will
then realise that the chase is what made this career fun.
Good first post, Craig. It introduces your goals and motives as a writer nicely, which is exactly what I want to see from a first post. There is some repitition (for example "in my opinion"), which you should iron out before hand-in. The only issue other than that is in the presentation; your text changes size halfway down the page. Try keeping it at size 12 (or similar, as long as it is consistent).
ReplyDeletewill do, thank you :)
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ReplyDeleteCraig, I really enjoy the way you capture the idea of writing allowing you to escape the monotony of everyday life, as this is something I think every writer can sympathise with. You've really given a good overview of why you are a writer and what you hope to achieve in the future. I would agree with Sam over the change in font size but other than that its good and love the Forest Gump quote!
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