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To be honest, my writing style is a mess. I have never been a good writer. I think that this is because I haven’t really focused on it as well as I should. After failing multiple essays, teachers realized that there was no helping me and they just focused on other students that had potential. My older sister, Meghan, is a great writer and writes with such creativity, I just don’t understand how I can’t do the same.

         I am over exaggerating. I didn’t fail any essays; I just didn’t do as well on them as I should have. As high school went on, I wrote pretty bland essays and didn’t really stand out which was okay with me. My writing experience hasn’t really been negative, but it also hasn’t been positive. I never felt like I had written a good essay or really felt that I completed any essay assignments fully. I just never thought that I was a writer and never really could be one.

         In high school, I did all sorts of writing; poetry, speeches, reading essays, book reports, biographies, etc. Most of the assignments were fun and I enjoyed the experiences, but it wasn’t the most fun I have ever had in school and I usually couldn’t wait to get done with the assignment. I had to write a speech my senior year about something that was important to me. I wrote mine on anxiety and how strongly it represented who I am. It was in that speech that I realized that writing isn’t too bad. I realized that when I write about something I enjoy, it actually turns out pretty great. This speech had to be pretty long and it came out to be almost 10 pages. That speech was the longest paper I have ever written, but I enjoyed the experience to a point where it didn’t feel that long. As I wrote this speech, I needed to be in a quiet room with no interruptions and I could not allow myself to get on Facebook or Pinterest. For me to do well on something, I need to be somewhere quiet and alone. That is the only way.