Journal Entry #3

Writing. I never thought that I could truly enjoy writing. In the seventh grade I use to write all the time, whether it be poems or stories, I loved it. I remember telling my teacher that I wanted to write a chapter book before leaving middle school, ha, that never happened. I did write a lot though. The chapter book was something I really wanted to do, so I wrote like three chapters. For a seventh grader this is a lot. When eighth grade came around I focused more on reading. I read big books too! I never really got back into writing until this year, SENIOR YEAR!! The only problem I have is that I only really know to write poems and essays. I enjoy writing poems even though I'm not great at the them, I love how you can just express how you feel. As for essays, well let's just say high school teachers are essay crazy. As a matter of fact, I think writing essays are probably my favorite just because they come so easy to me now. I'd love to learn more writing styles and so far I have learned of two; vignettes and snapshots. They are pretty interesting but I'm not too good at deep detail. I'm more of a "state the obvious" kind of person so I'm not too good at personifying thing deeply. I do plan on learning a lot more writing styles, especially in journalism. I think it's important to have a journalism skills for the future. I never really thought of working as a reporter or magazine editor but I believe it's good to have if you are wanting to major in business. You learn interview skills on how to give an interview and how to be a good interviewer, which will truly help when seeking job opportunities.