Dec 4th: What Now...?

    As an English Education major, half of my job as a student is to write "formal" essays that don't often give me much room to step outside of the box. However, throughout this course I have developed, explored, and experimented with my creative nonfiction writing skills. Skills that I have placed on the backburner for many years now. I am certainly not a stranger to writing nonfiction on my own time, but it isn't often that I put a spin on it. Like, writing in a different point of view or going out and finding a story or person to write about. So, I hope that I continue on with my creative writing journey and continue to push boundaries. Boundaries in that way that I write, think, observe, reflect, explore and so much more. 

    Also, I hope to carry these skills and pass them to others. Mainly to my future students. I feel that the ability to write nonfiction can positively translate into other areas of people's lives, as it has for myself. I have possibly considered incorporating Zines as a project for my future classroom, something that allows students to develop their writing skills in a way that allows their creativity to flow into something physical and unique to them. Moreover, now that I have better developed my creative writing skills, and will continue to do so, I feel that I will be better equipped to teach it and pass on. 

   This course was certainly one of my favorites this semester. Possibly one of my favorites throughout my entire college experience so far. From the blog posts to the drafts to the workshops, I feel that I have grown tremendously throughout the course of the semester. I know that I could've done better on certain projects, but I still feel proud of the work I have created nonetheless. Also, the classroom environment as a whole really made it a safe and comfortable place for success and creativity to grow, I think. To be quite honest, I had taken this same course with a different professor online, and was extremely unsuccessful. Therefore, I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to try again and improve in ways that I didn't know I was quite capable of.