Our class discussions were nothing without our personal experiences and we did not grow as writers if we did not put ourselves into our work.
I'd like to share with you a few excerpts from my personal journal that I wrote at the beginning of each class. I think you can see how I began transitions from a scared, cautious writer into a (little bit) more confident and comfortable writer.
This is an excerpt from the very first day of class:
"It's been a long time since I have tried to make sense of my inner monologue through writing. I guess that no matter how much progress I think I've made- my life is still very much affected by my fear that I am not good enough. It disappoints me that when given a chance to express my thoughts in a journal, my words are still tinged with the darkness that is depression. Around me, I hear the click clicking of my fellow students typing away and I must admit that I am intimidated. I feel like an imposter. I do not feel like a writer. I have been much more comfortable in my other labels- reader, student, friend, fiancee...
I hope that this class begins a new chapter in my path as a writer. I hope this class begins a new chapter in my life as a writer."
This is at the halfway point of class. I began experimenting with formats:
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