Starting a blog may seem scary at first but it actually feels like somewhat of a release. It's a place to share your writing, photos and other interests with the world. It's like keeping a journal, just not as personal. Creating a piece of writing that you feel is good enough to share on the internet feels great and it's even better when receiving feedback on it. I had a few reservations about posting to a blog a few months back, mostly just worrying my work wasn't good enough to be shared. After a lot of work and tweaking, confidence was built and it wasn't so hard. Much more thought, detail and time was put into my work and I for once actually enjoyed what I was writing unlike past years in other writing classes. Instead of a very directed instruction, the class and the blog was much more free and independent. My favorite piece of writing from this year would probably be either the creative writing piece where we were free to chose what we want or the story where we were in a different setting and/or time period. While writing the ghost story, the story flowed easily as I wrote and I barely had to think of events, they just came to me. I felt free in my writing to be able to write what I want to. The story could have went on and on and for a while, I thought it was going to keep going from how much detail I put into it and I just didn't want to stop. It's like picking up a good book, one page and you want to keep going, one page turns to seven or eight. Writing a story set in the nineteen twenties was also very interesting. It's fun to place yourself in a different time, do research and create an entire story that would have or could have even happened in the past. Also, the journalism part of the class was very informative. It's important to have journalists around us to keep us updated and see other individual's opinions on certain subjects, it's almost like being inside someone's head. Your opinion is your right as a person and it should always be expressed. I feel that I have grown in my writing throughout the semester just as our plants in September symbolized our growth and hope for the year. I will continue to write in my spare time and possibly even post to this blog again in the future.