Why I Write

Why I Write

            Why do I write? I write because I am told to. I write for a grade. I write to get an A. Outside of class or outside of school I don’t write. I’ve tried writingoutside of school but I don’t enjoy it. Having to write papers for every class at somepoint has totally taken the joy that wrting was had away.

            When I do write for this class or any other class I find it easier to write aout myself rather than about a topic I was assigned. Howeer it usually takes a couple of times before a satifactory amount of information in the paper or the poem. Our first piece was anabout me poem, and I had to edit that like three different times in order to get the stuff you wanted to know. I have to be guided when I write but not restrained.

            When I do write,I write to express who I am.I write to open up to others. I write to say what I cannot say outloud. I write to tell my story.  I prefer writing about myself because I know an infinate amount of knowledge about who I am. I don’t have to research or ask other people about myself in order to write a paper. I know what I wnt to say. It might take a couple of drafts for me to open up with enough information for a full paper or poem, but I get there. I hate researching. I like to know new information but I don’t like having to look for it. I put off any paper that involves research until the very last minute. Until I barely have enough time to write it, let alone get any sleep before the class to turn it in.

            When I write, I write to come to terms with things that have happened recently or in the past. I wrote a lullaby weave about my grandma’s death and how I took at at the tender age of eight. I wrote a “I should have told you” poem about the death of my great grandma, which happened six days after Christmas, and five days before my other great grandma died and seven days before my uncle died. When I write, I write with emotion. I try to write ina way that pulls at your heart, makes you think.

            When I write, I write to be a better me. My poem to my great grandma was a way of saying love and cherish the time you have with your family because you don’t know how much time you have left with them. I write to apologize for the way I handle some things or didn’t handle them. I write with a certain audience in mind but in a way that will still make sense to others who read it. I don’t write outside of class but when I do write in class, I write on a personal level. I write who I am. I write to be memorable. I tried to write in a way that you wouldn’t forget me. When I write, I write because I fear being forgotten.