300- Introduction

My name is Samantha Soltis and so far I would say that my writing has been mostly just for enjoyment. I normally only write when I feel inspired or when I feel I really need to get something off of my mind. I mostly write poems but I have written a few short stories, one screen play, and started a novel that probably will not be finished if I do not settle down to get it done. I mostly write about my own feelings and experiences, however, when I do write I am writing with negative emotions making my work more serious and depressing.

I feel that what I really need to work on with my work is staying focused. I feel that my work is either forced or only half of my talent with writing. What I mean by forced is that I think that I am trying to hard to be deep or making this too exciting. Which then takes away from the actual meaning or emotions that I want to get across. I know that I still have a lot to work on with my own work but I know that after I take more of the creative writing classes I am going to experience what it is like to have others look over my work and to get feedback on what people like and what they do not. In all actuality, I am hoping for people to tare my work apart just so I can make it even better.

I will admit that I do not have a lot of experience in the creative writing program. I have only taken the Introduction class but this semester I am taking three creative writing courses. I will be taking this class, gateway to creative writing, along with a creative writing fiction and transgenre class. I am excited to better my writing and I am mostly hoping that it will give me that stamina and determination to finish my work instead of quitting and giving up on my ideas. I will also admit that I have to take these classes for my minor but I am really glad that these are the classes I have chosen to take because I know they are going to challenge me.