Week 5: And I was Running10/6/2017 This past week has given me a reborn passion for writing. I used to write quite often, but I haven't taken the time to creatively write something that I truly enjoy in many years. However, when we did the creative writing this week, some type of switch that has been turned off for a very long time was finally turned back on. When Ben told us about possibly attempting the "I remember" prompt for our creative writings, I thought I would give it a try just to see what happens. I did not have a strong topic to write about prior to starting, so I was open to writing about things I remember from my life. Yet, as soon as we started, I took the prompt into a new direction and began to write feverishly. I started my first sentence off by writing "I remember," and soon I was writing about my love for running. I was not expecting this, but I was very happy about it. In fact, rather than strictly following the prompt, I went off in my own direction and began to write "I was running" over and over in between the specific points of my piece. Soonafter, I realized that I wanted this piece to be a poem - of which I have not committed myself to writing since I was in the sixth grade. In the past, poems did not always come easy to me. They were always difficult to understand - the constant sudden changes in the dramatic effects and the deeper meanings always threw me off. However, there was something about this specific style or the topic that I had chosen that caused me to not want to stop writing. I wanted to elaborate more, and breathe more life into the poem I was quickly constructing. I am very glad that I was given the prompt that Ben presented, because I was able to rediscover a passion for a topic that I have not written about in a very long time.
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