A Brief History of my Creative Writing “Journey” Angel-Clare Linton, March 6, 2024February 28, 2024 For as long as I can remember, I have always craved writing like I needed it to breathe. I would sit on my bed, subconsciously bite my bottom lip as I stare at my laptop screen and write whatever new idea I recently came up with. The stories I wrote as a teenager, though, aren’t published, and I’m not planning for them to see the light of day. The other day, I was looking through my old short stories and novel ideas, and I physically cringed while reading, not even getting through to the end. It was fun, though, reading my old stories. It brought me back to my slightly younger days when I was still learning the basics of creative writing. At that time, I wasn’t taking any creative writing classes because it wasn’t an option for me, so most of the “learning creative writing” I was doing was in my English classes. When I entered university, though, to say that I was excited to take creative writing classes was an understatement. Now that I have taken many more creative writing classes, my writing has improved at the rate it has. Now, when I re-read my slightly newer things (as in written in the past five years), I cringe slightly less. I would like to call that character improvement (I know, I know. I ain’t a character; let’s just go with it for the plot). In terms of taking more creative writing classes, because of them, I’ve been writing more. Additionally, I have been writing more projects outside of my classes, which has helped with my creative writing skills, which are always lovely, fun, and fresh. Creative writing has always been pulling at my heart and wrapping around my fingers—it wants me to breathe life into it. It also feels as if creative writing has always been there for me, which is a dramatic statement, but I never claimed not to be dramatic. Side note: I would like to think being dramatic has this certain flair. It brings some interest in my life, but hey. That’s also me just being dramatic. Writing has also been my longest hobby. It feels like it has been a long time, yet it also feels like, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t since I’m still fairly early into my writing career and whatnot. With that being said, I’m excited to advance further in my career, and I hope you stay for the journey 🙂 Related Prose