Week 6: "Growth in Painful Memories"10/12/2017 Throughout the duration of this past week, I am continuing to feel that I growing tremendously as a creative writer. I feel like I am rediscovering many characteristics about myself that seem to have been locked away for a very long time. Since we have been working on revising and polishing our creative writing pieces more and for our creative portfolios, I am starting to discover more ways to interpret my feelings and past experiences. Also, I am beginning to feel more comfortable with sharing areas of my past that may have seemed embarrassing or scary to talk about before. I have found that by writing creatively, I am able to write down thoughts that I usually would have tried to forget. This activity has become almost a type of therapy for myself. In this past, I would choose to try to forget difficult thoughts because I did not want to think about memories that I knew I would not feel confident sharing or speaking about. This habit has caused me to harbor many harsh feelings towards others, as well as myself. These harsh feelings would sometimes be taken out on people who did not deserve such a thing, which would make everything worse both internally and externally. Yet, once we began revising our creative writings (of which I have been writing about very personal topics), I have found an outlet that has been benefiting my life in multiple ways. One example as to how this process has helped me grow as an individual is the fact that I am more able to help other people with their issues in life. Writing about personal topics has made it easier to understand how/why they effect me the way they do. As I become more able to understand how these experiences have made me feel overall through my creative writing, I am discovering more ways to be able to use my past to help others with problems they may be having. I think the reason for this is because I am able to not only put myself in someone else's shoes (depending on the situation), but I am also able to give examples as to how I was able to overcome similar difficulties. This has proven to not only help the people whom I am giving advice to, but it has helped me because I am voicing hardships that I have faced, am dealing with, or have overcame. In all honesty, it was odd accepting the idea that something as simple as writing creatively could have possibly helped me in such a personal way; but, the more I thought about it, the more I realized how true this was. I am now able to let myself think about think about experiences with a more in-depth persona, which feels great. This has also helped to build my skills as a writer overall, which I am very grateful for.
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