A Personal Story

For a story to be personal, one would have to be willing to open up and reveal certain aspects of their life. I can write many stories. For my life as of right now seems to be a collection of doubt, confusion, and tribulation weighing on my life. I'm not saying my whole life is a series of problems but it's what I like to get out most in my writing- through poems or stories. However, I can't write about certain things so it is difficult finding a certain topic.

I love reflection pieces such as Orwells- with a powerful and moving story line propelled by his thoughts and feelings throughout. I also love the story Alive by Laurie Lynn Drummond where she gave her story and at the very end changed her perspective Schwartz was another person that because of a series of traumatic events in her life, she began to form a certain realization. Danticat's story was about a fire that absolutely was so horrific that it made him see things in a different way. These pieces are memorable to me and all revolve around certain incidences that are significant.

I would like to write a personal story with a series of incidents that impacted me in some way- that because of those circumstances and accumulation of situations, I am the way I am today thinking and feeling the way I do.