Writing is Like.....

Writing is like exercise - it clears my  mind and energizes me in so many ways. When I write, whether it is for school or leisure, I always feel rejuvenated afterwards. My writing process can be a little stressful for me at times but it is my own process and it is the only way I have ever known how to write. When I am assigned the task of writing, I spend days thinking about what I am going to write. I brainstorm in the shower, while I cook dinner, when I am lying in bed about to fall asleep and even while I am watching television. Thinking about what I am going to write about helps me do a mental check of the possibilities and ideas I can use in my writing. When I get to the point of writing (or typing) my thoughts and words, it is much easier for me to remember what I wanted to write the most about out of all of my ideas. I have learned the hard way to not do my writing as soon as I am assigned the task of writing. Once, when I was assigned a paper to write,  I wanted to see how my writing was if I finished the paper immediately instead of waiting until the due date. Bad idea! I wrote the paper and cited my work, then a week later when it was almost due, I read it again and ended up rewriting the whole thing, going in a completely different direction. So, after that incident, I never write anything until right before the due date. I work very well under pressure and I feel like my writing shows that. I also never write anything down. It only confuses me. Everything I write comes from within and even if the paper I am writing is about something that does not interest me, I still read about the subject, brainstorm in my head and then write what comes to mind. The only downfall to my writing process is that because I spend a lot of time thinking about what I want to write about, by the time I get finished writing my paper, my mind has already moved on to something new. This causes me to not proofread as much as I should and I end up getting graded on stupid mistakes that I made during my writing. I am working on taking additional time to proofread and I have improved somewhat over the years. My writing process has always worked for me in the past and I have come to the conclusion that I am an emotional writer. The more emotional I am about the subject for which I am writing, the more inspired I am to write. I love to write about anything and everything. Many times, I have found myself in a situation where I cannot articulate my thoughts and feelings into words and when that happens, I sit down with as little distractions as possible and I write. Once I am finished, I feel a sense of relief and accomplishment and a lot of times, I never go back and read what I wrote. Just getting my thoughts out onto paper is enough for me. My least favorite time  to write is when I have no interest in the subject at all. This doesn’t happen to me very often because many times, I think I have no interest in the subject I am writing about but as my reading and research goes more into depth, I learn that I actually am interested. This has happened to me on numerous occasions. To sum it up, I absolutely love to write and in a sense, it is good exercise for my mind and soul.  With a clear and rejuvenated mind, I am ready for what lies ahead in the world of writing.