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Personal Narrative: My Passion For Reading And Writing

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Hi! I'm Shalie, I'm 18, and I've been reading your books since I was about 12... I mean that's probably a bit young to start reading your books but it's fine. I haven't read some of your more recent ones, I think the last one I've read is Tilt. I sort of lost my passion for reading and writing in 9th grade and didn't get it back till 11th grade (i've graduated high school now though!) I struggled a lot I had to force myself to write but I'm now trying to write every day!
Anyways, I don't even know how to say this without being incredibly depressing but I'll try. I have a lot of problems. Like I've been in residential in-patient care at a mental hospital twice problems. I think I'll start with the Crank and Glass, I started reading them mainly …show more content…

I want to write about my childhood, my experiences, and my problems so other people like me can know they're not alone and someone understands. Most of it will be fiction though, just slightly inspired by my life. I've considered writing an actual memoir (which i actually did in like... junior year? maybe. it was for class it was only 10 pages long which isn't a lot for an actual book though). I'm writing a book right now, very slowly. I'm afraid to share my work with others though because when i get criticism, even if it's constructive, I will cry (its a borderline thing). They'll think I'm weird. Also I'm scared they'll think I'm super bad at writing. I've been writing stories since 3rd grade, butt hat doesn't mean I'm amazing at it. I mean... I do write fan-fiction and post it online and most of it does pretty well. But it's easier to post my writing online because no one knows who I am. Also I live in Oklahoma aka the bible belt aka my novel is about lesbians and i don't know if my professor and classmates will be homophobic. Everything I write is about LGBT+ youth because (no offense though I know you've written about gay couples) I'm tired of reading about boy meets girl, you know? I want books about lesbians and I want those lesbians to be happy. So I guess I'll be the change I want to see,

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