reflection

i started this at midnight- just for reference.

Looking back onto my free writes over the semester, I see a slowly developing process. At first, it’s easy to see how unsure I was about what I was writing. More than anything, my free writes were like journals- recollecting on my life, showing me how I felt. My life felt more and more like a story the more I read it. However, as I passed on over time, the development is clear. Looking at the flow of entries, I see how my writing changed to develop stories and theories, opinions and thoughts into small, poetic pieces. Each paragraph resounds into a different part of me, and I can remember exactly how I felt each time, how much my heart ached, or my mind soared to argue. My feelings developed from angry moments where I recollected about my day into ideas about the world around me, my writing style losing etiquette, but in a way I was very comfortable with. And while I may have lost that skill, to a degree, it relaxed my style of writing. I feel so much more confident about all that I write about, having the ability to write at any spur of the moment and be proud of my work. It’s why I put my work on a blog. I am proud of my work, and I want to share it with everyone- I want people to see what I feel and have thoughts about, and watch my work develop as I do the same. My voice changes over time, and I think I want to continue this- I want to watch my voice and style change over time, and see where it takes me- which is why I’ve decided to do a free write once every three days!