Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.
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It begins when I first learned to read and I absolutely hated it. I hated every word in the book “Go Dog Go”. I vividly remember crying while trying to learn to read it, which is of course kind of funny now.
Then comes 2nd grade where I wrote a little short story and won in my grade and got to go to a local college with all the other kids who won.
After that not much else happened except my hate for reading faded and I began to enjoy it.
During middle school I read all the time and really found a safe place in my books.
And finally in 10th grade I think all my reading paid off because my English teacher really encouraged my writing and had the faith in me to put me in an AP English class from a regular English class. 10th grade I really first felt like I could write and I could feel the ease that came with it.
In 11th grade I took my writing and combined it with my love for politics and entered an essay contest in which I took second. I was told that because of my controversial choice of topic in my essay (Black lives matter and kneeling for the flag) that it would not go far within the Veterans of foreign wars and I should rather look into getting it published which I took as a greta compliment.
And now we are in present day, I am an English major and so far am really enjoying it!
Introducing me
“Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life. Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Hi my name is Alexa! I know you’re probably used to asking amazon Alexa questions but here you can read what Alexa has to say! I chose to start with this quote because I feel it will go with the theme I am trying to create, education. And reading is a large part of education. Reading has always held a special place to me, I find my solace in books and enjoy diving into new worlds. But reading is not just something that allows you to escape, it allows you to go deeper into our own world and learn more about not only yourself but everything around you. Reading has helped with my own writing in such great ways, and I think if people just found more things they were interested in to read about they would enjoy it much more. Reading and writing go hand in hand with furthering education and staying well rounded. I hope to incorporate many of these things within my blog but most of all I want to encourage you to get active and read something, even if it is just a magazine article or maybe the articles of impeachment!
Introduce Yourself (Example Post)
This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.
You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.
Why do this?
- Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
- Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.
The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.
To help you get started, here are a few questions:
- Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
- What topics do you think you’ll write about?
- Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
- If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?
You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.
Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.
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