Narrative Project Preface: My past experiences with Narrative projects have been kind of, blah. Honestly. I don't recall ever doing one that I actually liked or was super interested in the topic about. I've taken two other English classes in college, and out of the English classes I've taken in high school, which is difficult to remember because for some reason I have the memory of a 90 year old at the age of 25, we didn't write all that much. We watched a ton of movies and I recall writing short responses, but never really our own stories.
This might sound crazy, but I think I gave myself more experience when I was a child, because I used to write and create my own comic books. I'd make these stories about my life as a kid and my friends and my family at the time, and I'd even draw all of my own pictures too. I used to be so much cooler than I am now.
This Narrative project will be about an emotional moment I shared with somebody. Since I haven't had much experience with narrative writing, I'm just going to say this will be my first actual narrative project.
I have been able to write about things in this class that I didn't realize I needed to necessarily write about, and felt much better after I did. In my Letter to My Author Self, I explain that I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and that has basically been my main motive behind most of my writing so far. I honestly think a class like this would benefit a majority of people, even if they don't tend to "like" writing as much. In my opinion, it's a healthy way to connect with yourself better. I also have had the chance to also explore my creative side with my Writing Process Round table blog post, and put away the seriousness of how my writing usually is, which helped me clear my head about the things that I naturally want to write about. I then brought back the emotional side with my Composing an Emotional Scene piece. I am enjoying this class far more than any other English class I have taken in college. It's such a different approach to writing for me. This is writing that I would do on my own time, rather than in a class, I feel. Which I think is pretty amazing, because I know I wouldn't normally write about my thoughts and emotions.I'm getting much more comfortable with writing about them as the semester continues, and I absolutely believe it has been helping me in real life, which is how a class should be in my opinion.