Journal 14 - Nurturing Your Inner Writer

To what extent are people born writers? How much are they able to cultivate the writer within through education and experience? What activities and experiences can you engage in order to develop your inner writer? What part of your past has best helped you become the writer you are now? How motivated are you to continue developing your writing ability over a lifetime?

I don’t think people are born writers. I think writing comes from your childhood and life experiences. When someone is good at something it is often said they must have been born with it. The majority of the time I tend to disagree with this statement. When people tend to be seen as really good at something, I think that they put a lot of work into their success. So I do think that successful writers were not born with their ability to write. Education does help people become better writers because it teachers certain rules you must follow. Education doesn’t put ideas in your head of what to write, it teachers you how to take those ideas in put them in words in a proper format. When I think about certain experiences or activities that would improve my writing the first thing that comes to mind is travelling. Travelling has the ability to show you many different places, and encounter many different experiences. The main reason most people decide to travel the world is to encounter new things. Well, all these new things you encounter can eventually end up in your writing one way or another.

When I look back on my life there are many things that may have influenced my writing. The majority of my experiences come from sports, specifically basketball. I have also made a lot of mistakes throughout my life and have failed learn from them. The fact that I continue to make mistakes does motivate me at the same. This does translate into my writing. I am motivated to continue to develop my writing ability. I find writing very enjoyable and something I never get bored. It also helps me a lot when I am stressed out, and it rough situations. Writing does play a big part in my life, and I wish to continue it.