I am a writer. Even the statement scares me because writing has always scared me. Since childhood, I have found it very easy to express myself verbally. I have participated in public speaking events, I have been recognized as a confident speaker, but when I try to start my timeline for writing, I am stumped. I cannot think of a single example of writing from childhood that stands out!
My very first taste of writing (as opposed to memorizing and rewriting in an exam) was when I moved to England. As a part of the English class, we studied poetry, and each had to write a nonsense rhyme. I still have mine engraved in my memory. We also had to write an extension to a short story. This was a group activity, and the girl I was writing it with was plain stupid. She didn't understand the story completely and made me write an extension that destroyed the plot. But I lacked the confidence to say anything, and let the submission take place. Later on in English, I wrote several more essays, and even some creative writing, but I remember them vaguely.
College was where I first tried my hand at writing without being forced to do so. I wrote my first very own debate in college. I was very proud of it, though I didn't win. I also had to write my SOPs and LORs for applying into graduate school, but I just couldn't get started and started missing deadlines because of this. I asked my then best friend to help me out. She was a writer. She wrote articles, poems, a blog and for a newspaper and though I wasn't a fan of her content, her ability to write amazed me. We sat in a coffee shop for the whole day and had my first draft. It was incredible how easy writing was for her! It was also in college when I tried to write an article about women in sports for the magazine and tried my hand at my own blog, but quit after two posts because it took me so much time and effort to write even a paragraph.
During my work life, I only wrote twice in four years. A poem for my sweetheart for our first anniversary (because he was in another continent and I couldn't send him a physical present), and an article for the office website when Women's Day celebrations infuriated me enough to make me lash out. My article was criticized by many, but loved and spread around by some family and friends, and I still remain grateful to them for this.
After this, I arrived at B-school, and writing assignments became an everyday activity. I started another blog and swore to get over the writer's block I was born with. For a Business Communication assignment, we had to write an essay about our life goals. It started as a joke, just an assignment, but in essence, it brought out my desire to write a book/books about mythology eventually and I seriously started to think about it.
That desire is what led to me write my blog somewhat more frequently, and finally brought me here to this course.
I am a 27 year old Indian girl studying in a B-school. I am expected to go conquer the world soon. However, all I want right now is to write. And I know I can. I am a writer, with a small writer's block.
My very first taste of writing (as opposed to memorizing and rewriting in an exam) was when I moved to England. As a part of the English class, we studied poetry, and each had to write a nonsense rhyme. I still have mine engraved in my memory. We also had to write an extension to a short story. This was a group activity, and the girl I was writing it with was plain stupid. She didn't understand the story completely and made me write an extension that destroyed the plot. But I lacked the confidence to say anything, and let the submission take place. Later on in English, I wrote several more essays, and even some creative writing, but I remember them vaguely.
College was where I first tried my hand at writing without being forced to do so. I wrote my first very own debate in college. I was very proud of it, though I didn't win. I also had to write my SOPs and LORs for applying into graduate school, but I just couldn't get started and started missing deadlines because of this. I asked my then best friend to help me out. She was a writer. She wrote articles, poems, a blog and for a newspaper and though I wasn't a fan of her content, her ability to write amazed me. We sat in a coffee shop for the whole day and had my first draft. It was incredible how easy writing was for her! It was also in college when I tried to write an article about women in sports for the magazine and tried my hand at my own blog, but quit after two posts because it took me so much time and effort to write even a paragraph.
During my work life, I only wrote twice in four years. A poem for my sweetheart for our first anniversary (because he was in another continent and I couldn't send him a physical present), and an article for the office website when Women's Day celebrations infuriated me enough to make me lash out. My article was criticized by many, but loved and spread around by some family and friends, and I still remain grateful to them for this.
After this, I arrived at B-school, and writing assignments became an everyday activity. I started another blog and swore to get over the writer's block I was born with. For a Business Communication assignment, we had to write an essay about our life goals. It started as a joke, just an assignment, but in essence, it brought out my desire to write a book/books about mythology eventually and I seriously started to think about it.
That desire is what led to me write my blog somewhat more frequently, and finally brought me here to this course.
I am a 27 year old Indian girl studying in a B-school. I am expected to go conquer the world soon. However, all I want right now is to write. And I know I can. I am a writer, with a small writer's block.
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