Personal Narrative: Growing Up As A Writer

Growing up, I was never a writer or a reader. Nor did I enjoy either. I was never very confident in my writing ability even though I have all the tools I would need to write an exceptional essay. In my early childhood I was equipped with a strong vocabulary but I couldn’t find a way to use it to improve my writing. Growing up there were certain aspects of my life that made me enjoy the process of writing and reading. Thesis: to be done after Basic thesis: Writing development Before I started going to school I watched a lot of television shows on Noggin and HBO. I remember watching my two favorite shows, “The Upside Down Show” from Noggin and HBO’s “Crashbox”. “The Upside Down Show” was an educational show that helped me learn large words
This building contained a new library. Every couple of weeks, we were allowed to go into the library and borrow books. Everyone was talking about a poem in a book entitled “A Light in the Attic” by Shel Silverstein, the poem was called The Sitter. I never liked poems but that one changed my mind. I borrowed the book as soon as it was returned. I enjoyed the book and I bought three more of Shel Silverstein's books, two poem books and one picture book. My family likes to travel a lot. Whenever we do, I bring every Silverstein book I own. I’ve read each one several times and I have never once gotten tired of any of the poems. The only poems I read are Silverstein’s poems, they are humorous unlike most other poems that I’ve had to read for class. They were always very emotional and deep. I try my best to avoid serious topics since they make me uncomfortable and they usually have a depressing tone. His books made me love comedy, especially in
I would always look at the pictures since my dad owned a lot of comic books and graphic novels. I was able to understand the story from just the pictures. So, I never asked for books, and I didn’t read books until I started school. In my first two years of schooling I would only read picture books. It was until 1st grade when I first started reading books without pictures on every page. That’s when I got into reading I would still never buy books during book fairs or at book stores. When I do go to school book fairs I usually buy shaped erasers and journals. I started reading a lot during late elementary school. Since then, I noticed a decrease in my creative ideas and imagination. Every idea I have had I told myself not to do it since it was too much like something else I’ve seen or read. It made me want to stop reading since I miss having ideas I could call my own.
Literature played both a very important and a very unimportant role in my life. I loved it and I hated it. It made me proud of myself and it made me disappointed in myself. Writing and reading were not my strong suit in any way but I need it in my life and it continuously shows up and it will continue to show up the same way I will continue to need