Blog Assignment # 6 Midterm Reflection

After half a semester of this course, I’ve gotten a better understanding of a creative non-fiction class. It’s not all just reading books based on true stories. This course so far has taught me how to think critically about a situation in a piece of literature. I’m not too keen on reading anything non-fiction, I’m more of a fiction reader and writer, however taking this class I’ve definitely improved in my descriptive writing. Before I used to write giving little to no detail at all, now I just can’t stop writing about what’s in my room or a small flower about to bloom.

I’m not too keen on first person point of view either, but I like how this course takes something that is difficult for me to write, and turns into a leisure experience. The memoir essay which was due a week ago was entirely written in first person. I had a great time writing all the different scenarios and dialogue in that essay. This class is easier to deal with assignments than all my other English classes. There aren’t many rules or guidelines we have to follow in this course, which is something I also like about this class. This is the only class that helps me be creative and really cut loose. I’m not restricted into writing something. If something pops into my head during an assignment I should just write it out.

Creative writing is something I was always good at, at least according to my friends and online fans who read my work. However, writing creative non-fiction is something so brand new to me. This course challenged me in a good way and I’ve definitely improved as a writer because of this class.