English History

I have had a lot of experiences that have molded how I feel about writing. The problem is I am having a hard time remembering them. I do remember when I was in second grade and I just loved to write short stories. I always looked forward to writing workshop because it was something I really enjoyed doing. My thoughts towards writing changed dramatically as I went through grade school. I had a hard time brainstorming things to write about. I hated writing essays and I did not like doing the research for research papers. I took a novel writing class when I was a senior in high school. I don't remember quite how long the novel had to be, I just remember that I had to write like fifteen pages a day, it was pretty intense. I enjoyed not having any restrictions on what to write about. I like everything to be perfect so it was really hard for me to write such a big novel with such little time. I felt like this class was extrememly stressfull.

I have a journal but I do not write in it. I always buy one with the intent of writing in it, but I never do. I don't think that what I write is very interesting. I read my husbands journal and I enjoy reading it because he is entertaining, then I will read something I write and feel like it is boring. I am intimidated to write many things for example, I don't like posting a status on Facebook because I feel like I can't come up with anything clever. I know this is silly but I have a really hard time not comparing my writing with others. The only thing I am comfortable writing is when I text others, but occasionally I will get intimidated by this as well.

I have had quite a few English teachers but the one that stands out the most was my second grade teacher, I felt like she thought I was a creative writer. I have a really hard time not getting down on myself over bad grades. I had a class last semester where we had to write a family application paper and I got a D on it. I took that D to heart and I hated writing even more then I had before.
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