I Love to Write

Image I took of a blank journal page.

I love to write. There, I said it. Unusual for a college student, right?

How many college students feel the same way? Not many, I bet.

I know it’s odd that I sometimes actually look forward to writing papers, depending on the topic/subject, of course. But I can’t hide it. I love to write. It’s as simple as that.

I don’t know exactly when I started to love writing. If I had to guess, it would have to be somewhere in my middle school years. While in high school, my passion for writing kind of fell to the wayside for a little while, but I picked it back up.

 I don’t exactly have a favorite thing to write, but I do enjoy writing literary analysis papers, poems, and even the occasional research paper – really, how many people admit to that?

The biggest reason I think I like to write is that writing is free. While there will always be grammar rules and some structural restrictions, depending on what the writing is, writing is therapeutic. It’s easy to put a pen to paper (or in most cases these days, fingers to a keyboard) and just write, or type, I suppose. Write down feelings, write down facts, write down stories – write anything.

I’ve been fortunate enough to have teachers and professors in my schooling career who value writing just as much as I do. While not all of my teachers have shared this passion, I can say that the ones who did/do have definitely influenced me in my decision to become an English teacher. I hope to one day inspire my students just as some of my teachers inspired me.

Words are a form of expression. They reflect us. We choose our words because they suit us. We each have our own writing style, just as we all have our unique personalities. I think this is a big part of why I love to write. I am free to write what I want and how I want to. I haven’t necessarily always liked being told what to do, and writing gives me a reason to take charge. I have the authority. It’s my choice.

Writing is an escape. For me, it’s an escape from dealing with the stresses of life and college, and it allows me to put my feelings into words when my mind is spinning and I can barely form a thought. It helps me “get a grip” on reality. When all else fails, writing will always be there. It’s as simple as that. I love to write.