Why Literacy Is Important To Me

Literacy is everywhere: from reading signs, to menus, to checking the time. It is important in our everyday life, especially to take a break from the world. Literacy is important to be creative, and to help use our ability to imagine what is happening in our stories while we are writing. The experience of going with a character on their journey can be life changing in some perspectives. The experience of growing up with these characters from literature was the best thing; whether it was being on edge during the climax, or feeling sad when I’m near the end. Literacy has always been a hobby of mine. I enjoy being able to come up with my own scenarios and stories where anything and everything could happen. Throughout my school experience, literacy
I wanted to write something different, something new. Mrs. Jones, my sixth grade teacher, focused on writing the most, so I came to her for my dilemma. She taught me writing techniques that I still use today. I had a journal full of sample writings that I would show her and have her tell me things I could do to improve. I wanted to create a story that didn’t follow the cliche, and she recommended that I participate in National Novel Writing Month. A whole month dedicated to students around the world writing their own stories. I got started right away, despite it not being November yet. I created my characters, careful not to reveal everything about them right away, and I would make the movie in my head as I wrote along, picturing everything that was happening to make it just perfect. As November rolled along, I finished my own little story and published to the National Novel Writing website, I was in sixth grade at the time, so I was technically in the ‘beginners’ area. My story was rated thirty seventh out of the two hundred, I felt proud, and I participate every year. I was basically writing down my daydreams and turning them into