Yong+Los

The vast majority of my previous English classes are all required classes to graduate. However, the main catalyst to my enjoyment of writing was my Creative Writing class my Junior year. Many English classes were quite bland and never really focused on creative writing but since that was the entire focus of the class was creative writing, I found it to be quite enjoyable. The student teacher in that class showed me how to enjoy writing short stories and poems and exposed me to the freedom that exists in the world of writing. The main thing I disliked about previous English classes is that they required you to write and read certain things, taking away from the experience and making many automatically dislike English classes. Being able to take a broad topic and take in whatever direction I choose produces interesting stories and allows you to express yourself while fortifying yourself as a writer. The main thing I dislike about writing is having to write formal pieces of work that are typically assigned in English classes. Barriers that inhibit my ability to write are mainly the fact that I can't focus to save my life and I have a short attention span making it difficult to complete pieces of writing.

a friend who

a friend who turns accidents into memories and asks why we are the way we are who is flecks of paint across a dreary canvas who is the distant echo of hammered strings and ivory keys whose eyes reflect the world like placid lake who is always searching the reflections for something who tells the sun it can shine brighter who tells the moon it can rise higher whose fingertips trace road maps to somewhere who used to stay up late counting the stars who is too preoccupied with examining the flaws on the surface doesn't take the time to see the good beneath who is always there but is never around who is so loving of the world but is showed nothing in return who is always trying harder asking for a break who is a friend with few friends but has found a friend in me