Writing

Recently I have been writing quite a lot probably due to my growing unrest as to where society seems to be headed. I have always identified more with being an authorstrator than an illustrator, the thought of illustrating other peoples writing never really fully appealed to me even though I have tried it (more like wrestled with it) and was proud of the results. But I didn't feel like the results were really me, and I find that expression of self very important in my work.

I have always enjoyed writing and was often highly commended for it back at school. I took english language as an A level thinking I would enjoy it and it would be like creative writing. OH BOY was I wrong! I ended up dropping it as soon as I could. I felt unwelcome in that world, people looked down their nose at me because of my unconventional taste in literature and just my interests going against the grain in general. I remember the most demoralizing moment was when the tutor asked who plays Halo and being an avid Halo fan at the time my hand went up like a shot, the tutor sighed with exasperation as I wrecked his example. He then asked the class who read sci-fi again my hand went up, he basically told the class to ignore my presence because I didn't follow what females were supposed to like. And after that the class continued to look at me as if I didn't belong. That is when I decided that studying English was not a good idea.

But it has always been something I continued to do in my spare time regardless, it may not be as well polished as someone who had continued down that root and my tense maybe a bit wonky at times but recently I feel what I have started to write has reached a new level.

The thing I like to write about most is people and their interactions, I feel it's a my strong point. This is the first time I have felt really proud about a written project. I actually can't help but laugh at bits of it because it reminds me of interactions I have had with my friends.

In a way I wish that it fit in with my university projects because I have gotten quite into it.