Reflective Essay (Creative Writing Assignment)

1. My biggest challenge with creative writing has been the critique. I have never done well with criticism, but I definitely know that is has made me a better writer.




2. Some things that I have learned this semester about myself and about my writing are that not everyone thinks or writes the exact way I do. But that's okay, because if everyone wrote and thought the same way...there would be nothing creative about the world.




3. Something that I have definitely learned about the writing process is that everyone has their own personalized "process" that works for them. Mine? Write something that could turn out to be great, forget about it, and then find it a few months later crumpled up in my journal and start again.




4. I did observe a bit of a change in my writing over the past semester. The things that I first wrote about weren't really my thoughts. Gradually I started writing about things that were more meaningful to me. I started writing for myself, and not for others.




5. My whole life I have used writing as my way of expressing my thoughts and feelings towards certain things. It's how I've learned to be my true self.




6. My attitude about writing in general has most definitely changed since the beginning of class. I didn't really take any of my writing too seriously because I didn't think it was any good to begin with. But my teacher pushed my limits and made me venture into the uncharted territories of my thoughts and turn those into pieces.




7. My favorite aspect of creative writing is that there are no limits. No one hands you a piece of paper and tells you that you have to write about this or this. But that's also my least favorite aspect of creative writing. I don't know what to write about, and when I do? I'm not sure if I should be writing about that.




8. I can continue to grow as a writer and creative thinking by continuing to push myself away from my bubble of safety and venturing into the uncharted territories that I've been challenged to reach out to this year.




9. For my final project, I chose something that meant a lot to me. Something that I felt expresses myself a lot more than the others.




10. I think my blog presents how my personal writings have evolved pretty well. I didn't ever intend to put much thought into my blog, to be honest. But now I'm realizing, that there's nothing wrong with sharing my writings with the world.


11. Due to the fact that I would like to become a High School English and Creative Writing teacher, I don't think I will have a problem when it comes to continuing to use my writing throughout my life. I look forward to the future and what it has in store for me.