The entire process of creating this timeline gave me a new depth in perspective and understanding of my development as a writer thus far. It’s crazy to see where I started, struggling to write my own name to now writing articles for one of the largest online music publications on the web. Not only did this activity give me a feeling of extreme accomplishment, but it also gave me the insight that I still have a ways to go in my development and journey as a writer. Who knows where I will be as a writer in 19 years, I hope it’s as much improvement as I have experienced in the past 19 years of my life.  With that said, let me elaborate on what has occurred in the past 19 years and what it has meant in my development not only as a writer, but as a person as well.

I have always held reading and writing as things that were extremely important and comforting to me; I think that I held both these activities to such a high degree of importance because they helped me escape reality. Now when I was younger I was a lot different than most kids in my town. I didn’t really enjoy sports and had more of a craving for the creative, and what I mean by that is that I was a very imaginative child. Knowing that, its no surprise that later on in life I would come to love and appreciate comics and music so much because both are attributed with imagination and creativity. Music in particular, developed into a huge influence later on in my life. In eighth grade I analyzed and rewrote a rap, which was the first instance where I combined my love of rap music with writing. Reminiscing on these memories, which are staples in my development as a writer, has rekindled the fondness I have for these events, which have played such a huge part in the development of the person I am today. From writing that initial paragraph in second grade to the writing of my first analytical essay when I was a freshman to my first blog post ever as a Junior, mark the key events in my evolution as a writer. It’s funny to think that the first paragraph I ever wrote was a description of myself and my interests as a person and now if someone were to ask me to describe myself I would say that writing is a huge part of who I am and practically defines me.

The major take away from this timeline for me is that in order to insure a better future for yourself, one must have a complete and thorough understanding of the events that made you the person you are today. Now that I have taken time to deconstruct the significant writing and reading events of the past, I now have a better understanding of my roots and the attributes I have utilized in the past that have allowed me to accomplish and overcome these challenges. Overall, I have sincerely enjoyed creating this timeline and remembering the events that led to me becoming a writer. If your interested in seeing what makes me who I am, check out my timeline by clicking here: TIMELINE.