Self As Writer

Writing is something that I turn to when I have feelings I can’t share with other people. I have learned that many people I call “friends” cannot be trusted to know everything that is on my mind. When I write, I feel like I am in a very safe environment where I can express all my thoughts without the risk of having them used against me. I tend to show more of my true self through my writing and am often embarrassed to share my writing with others. I see this as one of my writing weaknesses. I think that this is, in a way, also one of my writing strengths. Writing allows me to show a side of myself that I am not comfortable verbalizing. My dream as a writer is to publish my diaries from my teenage years.