why i like to write

for my comms 211 (media writing) class I had to write an essay about why i like to write.  writing really does make me happy, its becoming almost obsolete in this world of instant messaging and texting but i love it.  i'm not verry good at grammar and i wouldn't consider myself a great writer, maybe that's why i'm going into news writing, but i love it.  i love writing letters, i love writing in my journal, i love writing in the margins of my scriptures, i love writing little notes to people that have blessed me.  i love it because it is permenant, when pen touches paper it becomes something.  and so

here is my essay feel free to read if you like <3

Why I Like to Write

Kindergarten teachers taught me how to write my name,and I painstakingly practiced to ensure its perfect shape by hitting each of the training lines. The excitement and satisfaction I felt from creating and communicating, simply by constructing lines on paper, is something that we take for granted. People can’t remember what it is like to not know how to write because it is the first thing we are taught how to do at school. We are trained from age 5 on how to communicate without speaking. This is a challenge because it requires us to think more carefully about what we want to say and how we can best say it. Words have power!

For my eighth birthday party I received barbies, stuffed animals, dress up clothes, and a Britney Spears diary. I loved this diary and it eventually became my favorite gift of all. Besides idolizing the tacky “Britney” picture on the front, I was enthralled with the idea that I could write down my thoughts and lock them away simply for my enjoyment. I can remember taking this journal with me everywhere and whenever something exciting or frustrating would happen out came my pencil and diary to write about it. Since “Britney” many other journals have contained my thoughts and desires. It was not until high school that i discovered that words allowed me to channel my feelings into a force and thereby influence myself and others. Words have power!

In high school I began writing about all of my boy problems in my journal, and allowed my words to express victimization that I felt. I recall the night when I reviewed those entries and realized that my words failed to portray my true identity. I realized the importance of choosing my vocabulary because it represents forever in time my character at that moment. My journal entries morphed into a positive, powerful exposition of significant changes in my life and their influence on my environment. It therefore became less about my “victim’ status and more about who I was working to become. I realized that well-placed words carried the power to influence opinions, perception, and ultimately other’s actions.

College has provided opportunities for me to further hone my skills and prove to myself that I am intelligent enough to explain a concept in a professional, organized way. Writing became a survival skill rather than just a luxury. It is true though that in this world, good writers are the ones who are going to be able to organize their thoughts into actions and plans.

College has begun another obsession for me, and that is blogging. I love writing on my blog because it gives me a release from all my emotions that get muddled up inside of me. Unlike journaling it is public and makes me think about topics that I am knowledgeable about and can write about to help others. I also love reading blogs written by ordinary people who are inspired and have trials of their own. They too are sharing with the world, with the hope of helping someone else. This sort of writing brings people together and allows a fellowship to be made.

I love writing because it allows me to organize my thoughts into something valuable and tangible. When I read articles, stories, novels, and textbooks, I rarely stop to think about the fact that somebody had to come up with these ideas and someone had to compose these thoughts, and concepts. It really is unreal to think about all the words throughout time that have been written and are still here today. When I read the scriptures I like to envision the reality that they were written by real people. Somebody just like me had to sit down and write out what was happening in their world right then. They had their own hopes, dreams, flaws, trials, and heartaches and they took the time to express them on paper.

Writing is something that connects the entire human race. We can look at writings that are in the tombs of Egypt, or on the walls of caves and it is a manifestation that they existed. I guess the reason that I love to write is because I want to prove that I exist and that I am here. When I am gone I want there to be a trace of me, and I want to have made a difference. I don’t think that writing is going to be the only way that I will make that difference in this life but I hope that someday, somebody out there will take the time to read or even write about my own legacy that I left behind. This is why I love to write, because it proves that I am a human with feelings, emotions, and intelligence.