Tanya  Marchun                 May  3,  2010  Autobiographical  Essay  

    Even  from  a  young  age,  I  have  always  enjoyed  writing;  however,  it  was  never  in  the  formal  sense  of  writing,  very  freestyle  and  simple  where  I  didn’t  really  have  to  follow  the  correct  rules  of  grammar.    

But  as  time  passed  I  learned  a  lot  about  how  to  write  in  a  formal  manner.    In  high  school  I  found  that  research  papers  were  interesting  to  write,  I  have  also  found  that  to  hold  true  in  college.      

Throughout  my  high  school  and  college  years  I  have  spent  a  few  years  being  involved  with  the  

newspaper  and  magazine.    However,  in  high  school,  I  did  write  an  important  research  paper  that  was  about  my  Polish  grandmother  and  her  survival  of  the  Nazi  concentration  camps.    She  was  in  a  smaller  camp  but  still  endured  many  terrible  things.      

I  am  an  artistic  person  and  I  found  that  having  that  background,  I  have  always  been  drawn  towards  my  creative  side  in  any  endeavor  that  I  undertake.    In  high  school  I  worked  as  a  reporter  for  the  newspaper,  but  my  passion  was  more  in  the  designing  of  the  newspaper  and  the  yearbook.    That  has  

also  followed  me  in  college  working  for  The  Independent  as  the  Design  Editor.        I  have  found  through  my  268  Reading/Writing  Text  class  that  I  enjoy  writing  deconstructive  

papers  and  essays.    I  have  also  found  through  my  college  courses  that  I  do  not  particularly  enjoy  

journalistic  writing.    In  News  Media  Writing,  I  wrote  a  story  about  the  effects  of  caffeine  on  the  body  if  too  much  is  consumed.    The  entire  style  of  writing  was  difficult  for  me  to  enjoy.    I  like  how  short  and  concise  the  articles  are  and  can  be  but  I  found  that  it  was  not  the  type  of  writing  that  I  particularly  like.    I  

suppose  if  I  had  spent  more  time  as  a  journalist  I  could  enjoy  it,  but  only  doing  it  for  a  semester  did  not  peak  my  interest.      

As  an  artist,  the  detailed  writing  has  always  been  more  interesting.    Like  what  was  read  in  class  from  In  Cold  Blood.    The  detailed  and  intricate  writing  is  interesting  because  it  shapes  images  that  can  easily  come  to  mind  and  can  be  remembered  because  of  the  specific  details.    This  type  of  writing  is  what  

I  enjoy  to  read.    I  have  tried  my  hand  at  attempting  to  write  like  that,  but  have  found  that  it  is  much  more  difficult  than  what  I  expected.    As  the  cliché  goes,  “practice  makes  perfect.”      

Throughout  high  school  and  college,  I  have  found  that  my  writing  has  developed  more  into  the  

research  writing.    I  have  not  taken  creative  writing  classes  or  anything  of  the  type;  however,  I  do  like  creative  writing.    Before  declaring  my  communication  major,  my  intention  was  the  writing  option.    Most  of  the  work  that  I  have  recently  done  has  been  for  research,  in  my  younger  years  I  used  to  write  my  own  

poetry  and  stories.    It  has  been  many  years  since  I  have  done  that.    I  enjoy  writing  that  allows  for  creativity  from  the  writer.    Stiff  research  papers  are  what’s  necessary  right  now  but  it  is  important  to  experience  the  different  types  of  writing  styles  there  are  available.