Katie Holm

Homework 3

I have never been much of a writer. To be honest, I have grown to hate writing over the years. I think this is because I have mostly had the types of teachers/professors in my higher education who would give word and page minimums and who push all of the “rules” of writing onto students. I tend to be more of someone who like to say what is needed and nothing more. I do not want to fill out five pages of a paper with just fluff and adjectives because it needs to be a minimum of ten pages. This is not to say I never have liked writing. I remember in my sixth grade English class we did a unit on creative writing and I LOVED it. I wrote a fairytale type story. I recall I was frustrated though that I wanted to tell the whole story and have a complex storyline and characters, but writing it all down as it came to me was the tough part. I do enjoy writing about topics that I care about. For example, I could write a series of novels on my sweet, little baby (dog) Lucy. However, I probably could barely write 500 words on why cats are ok. I hope to become someone who enjoys writing, or at least does not dread doing so. Baby steps.