Struggles And Solutions In Becoming A Writer
Stephen O’Brien
Beth Baines
English 098
October 9, 2013
Struggles and Solutions in Becoming a Writer Plenty of writers have had struggles, either in life or on paper. But most find solutions to overcome the road blocks they face. For instance, taking time for family, a simple change to your alarm clock, to give you that time of serenity to think, or even joining the military. Judith Ortiz Cofer was a dedicated mother at the age twenty-one, while working a part-time job, and going through college. She once said, “I felt deprived, although I had all the things my women friends found sufficiently fulfilling in a “woman’s life” plus more; I was also teaching, which is the only vocation I always knew I had. But I had found poetry, or
Beth Baines
English 098
October 9, 2013
Struggles and Solutions in Becoming a Writer Plenty of writers have had struggles, either in life or on paper. But most find solutions to overcome the road blocks they face. For instance, taking time for family, a simple change to your alarm clock, to give you that time of serenity to think, or even joining the military. Judith Ortiz Cofer was a dedicated mother at the age twenty-one, while working a part-time job, and going through college. She once said, “I felt deprived, although I had all the things my women friends found sufficiently fulfilling in a “woman’s life” plus more; I was also teaching, which is the only vocation I always knew I had. But I had found poetry, or