A teacher once told me the act of writing is as basic and juvenile as singing the alphabet. By grade five, I knew he was wrong. Creating art through words is an innate ability that grows when nourished. Dismissing my naive science teacher’s comparison of writing to the alphabet, I grew to love writing. Even though I don’t get paid to write, I’m not famous and honestly, I’m not that great of a writer, I still appreciate a well-written piece. For what reasons did I decide to start writing? Granted, I did have to write many papers for school courses, but why would I write something that doesn’t get graded? Here, I share my story of why I write…
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