Journal Two
Megan McInerney
Writing for College Success
Professor: Elizabeth Isenkul
August 30, 2017
Journal Two
From youth, I have been an avid reader. I had a very difficult time making friends in school, and my home life was very turbulent; so, reading offered me an escape from my problems. It was this passion that inspired me to write, and to want to interpret life through my own perspective. I have never found difficulty in diction or grammar, quite the opposite in fact. Lacing words together in artistic and thought invoking structures is something I take great joy and pride in when writing. However, I do struggle with my writing in several ways. When emotionally charged, it is very difficult for me to structure my sentences in a way that conveys my gravity to the reader and avoid blundering through a paragraph without creating a connection with my audience. Given this, I am also a naturally pessimistic person. First person narratives are very difficult for me to write about, because I have a naturally bitter inclination towards the past instead of finding those little gems in life that create such beautiful literary subjects. I take an immediate position towards arguing the concept of the prompt given, or I will struggle to stay on one subject as I have little inclination towards first person narratives entirely.