great conversationsmjm653November 6 2008, 08:35:17 UTC
Hah! Wait I'm super confused. Okay, wait I got it straight now.
Anyway, I appreciate our conversation. And also, thank you for your compliments and encouraging words. I feel confident that I can take almost any topic I'm at least somewhat familiar with, and put my own spin on it to make it interesting and readable. I'm usually very opinionated, but it's just my style. If I can cause a reader to stop and rethink something in a way they never saw, I have succeeded. Even if someone reads something I wrote, and they strongly disagree with me but feel passionate enough about the topic to argue about it, I have succeeded.
I'm very different from most people I know. Even my immediate friends. First of all, I am obsessed with English literature. Not so much the reading side of it, but the writing. Although, I understand that in order to learn I must become an affluent reader. And thus, over the past 2 years I have tried hard to read more. 1) To expand my general knowledge. 2) To learn different writing styles 3) To compare myself to other writers who have become great successes. This allows me to really break down and analyze my strengths and weaknesses.
When I was a kid, everyone else had a standout talent. They were either an all "A" student, or a above average athlete, or knew how to play an instrument well, or, well, you get the picture.
I didn't have anything. - Or at least, I didn't know of anything yet.
But today, if anyone that I went to grade school/middle school with challenged me to some kind of literary competition. I would crush them. I am confident in that. Even anyone I went to high school with (Brother Rice, mainly) I would crush them. If anyone else reads this. I dare you to challenge me. Pick a topic.
Writing has helped me define myself. Who I am. It's an incredible method of self-discovery. For anyone, not just me!
I'm sorry. It was very conceited of me to talk about myself that whole time. BUT, the point that I'm trying to make (which I strayed away from) is that everyone is GREAT at something. You just have to find out what it is. And through your natural talents you can begin to discover a lot more about yourself that you had no idea existed before. Thought processes, hidden feelings, keys to your future... The list goes on. - This journal will always serve as a beacon of light to people who are willing to accept it. It is an example and a tool for all. I learn from all my peers. I need to repay them.
Okay, wait I got it straight now.
Anyway, I appreciate our conversation. And also, thank you for your compliments and encouraging words. I feel confident that I can take almost any topic I'm at least somewhat familiar with, and put my own spin on it to make it interesting and readable. I'm usually very opinionated, but it's just my style. If I can cause a reader to stop and rethink something in a way they never saw, I have succeeded. Even if someone reads something I wrote, and they strongly disagree with me but feel passionate enough about the topic to argue about it, I have succeeded.
I'm very different from most people I know. Even my immediate friends. First of all, I am obsessed with English literature. Not so much the reading side of it, but the writing. Although, I understand that in order to learn I must become an affluent reader. And thus, over the past 2 years I have tried hard to read more. 1) To expand my general knowledge. 2) To learn different writing styles 3) To compare myself to other writers who have become great successes. This allows me to really break down and analyze my strengths and weaknesses.
When I was a kid, everyone else had a standout talent. They were either an all "A" student, or a above average athlete, or knew how to play an instrument well, or, well, you get the picture.
I didn't have anything. - Or at least, I didn't know of anything yet.
But today, if anyone that I went to grade school/middle school with challenged me to some kind of literary competition. I would crush them. I am confident in that. Even anyone I went to high school with (Brother Rice, mainly) I would crush them. If anyone else reads this. I dare you to challenge me. Pick a topic.
Writing has helped me define myself. Who I am.
It's an incredible method of self-discovery. For anyone, not just me!
I'm sorry. It was very conceited of me to talk about myself that whole time. BUT, the point that I'm trying to make (which I strayed away from) is that everyone is GREAT at something. You just have to find out what it is. And through your natural talents you can begin to discover a lot more about yourself that you had no idea existed before. Thought processes, hidden feelings, keys to your future... The list goes on. - This journal will always serve as a beacon of light to people who are willing to accept it. It is an example and a tool for all. I learn from all my peers. I need to repay them.
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