The Narrative About My Personal Writing History

Looking back, I never had interest in writing before. During my childhood days, I was much hooked on comic books rather than readings. Even though comics were my favourite, I never had any thoughts of coming up with one. However, as times goes by, and the development of an obsession with cartoons, I started creating comic strips. All my sketches drew inspiration from the comic books and were mere plagiarisms. When I joined college, I felt that producing cartoon illustrations was immature and dropped the habit entirely due to lack of time. In college, students spends significant amount of time reading several articles. Through some of the assigned readings, I became acutely aware of current global issues such as human rights. In the process, I re-examined and realized that some of the norms that I had earlier accepted are not good. I will never forget this single piece of article on gender equality that had a powerful and lasting experience in my life. Just like comic strips, the article lead me to one of these paths where I found myself developing desires to pen my ideologies as well.

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In an online article published at Cafebabel website, the author talks about sexism culture in the streets of Europe. Traditionally, women have been regarded as second to men. The society believes that men have power over women. However, much of this has seems to change today through feminism and economic empowerment of women. The result is a suburban culture of independent women out to rival men. However, with the individuality, women have left themselves vulnerable to sexual harassment, an opportunity male are out to exploit. Catcalling in the streets is the major type of sexual harassment that women encounter today. Worse, it happens even when various legislators have called it illegal. A male accompanying a woman does not make her immune either. Additionally, women face sexist remarks in the media as well. Though agonizing and difficult, this bad behavior is here and never seems to be corrected.

After finishing reading this article, I was disturbed and felt terrible on the way the society looks down upon women. I remember, my sister claiming to have been harassed in the subway by some men. This gave me a profound realization and my heart softened. Most of my life I have respected my mother and sisters. They are not the people I would like to get harassed in the streets. Now a few years in college, a further experience makes me more proficient to write on sexual harassment. Reading through the masterpieces of renowned writers earns me both thinking and writing skills. I am not by any means close to Shakespeare though I can feel that I am good at writing. As a tribute to the woman, I started writing articles tied to the call for equality of the genders. I felt that there was a need for somebody to be enlightened that women equally deserve respect.

Since then I have been using writing as a form of expression. I do not tie my commentaries on gender equality alone but broadly on anything that I feel need to be addressed. Additionally, I have a few confessional writings that I keep to myself. From my experience, writing is an enjoyable task. I have the impression that it is therapeutic. Anytime I express my sentiments in paper, I feel like I have just confessed to a priest. However, writing does not come easily and one requires a lot of efforts and skills. Weaving different pieces into one and making it sensible requires a lot of critical thinking. Furthermore, opening the minds of the reader requires one to develop good arguments. However, with subsequent experience in writing the various school papers, creativity and other skills develops by themselves.

Now more than anything, I want to feature in a global magazine or journal. My dream is not to become a big stage writer but at least earn money from it. Someday, I want to be able to express my ideas to masses and change their thoughts on some norms that hurt others. However, this will require an enormous amount of time, practice, and efforts. After all, I feel that for me to progress as a writer, I will need to set big achievable goals. For every destination, there is underlying journey that one must take and that is where I am now. As I work on any writing tasked to me, I go all-out to bring my best.

In the long run, reflecting on the time I read the gender article, I cannot underestimate its impact on my interest in writing. If I had not read the article, perhaps I would not have been a writer. I acknowledge that perfecting the writing skills is a gradual process. Even renowned writers can attest to this. I intend to change the world with my message even if it is the smallest contribution. This is my main goal as a writer. As I walk though this journey, I place my goal as my motivation.