Teaching Narrative Writing
Chapter #3 Jago

My absolute favorite style of writing has to be creative writing. Creative writing is a way for me to express my thoughts. Sense I was real young I wrote mysteries and plays. I have no idea what got be started or what inspired me to start this kind of writing at such a young age, but I do know i had an incredible imagination and writing was actually fun. Just to put it out there and to admit it... I AM NOT A GREAT WRITER. I never have been a good writer and i will never claim to be a great writer either. I am horrible with gramme and sometimes runons and fragments insert themselves within my train of thought. I always got defeated with writing in school because of these problems. However, when i went home I could write down my own thoughts, plots, and ideas in a way that was comfortable to me, and they were good. Unfortunately, in school we do more than just creative writing and i lost a lot of my writing confidence.
I like what Jago said in the very beginning of chapter 3, "offering constructive criticism on a piece of writing so close to a student's heart is like navigating a minefield." With all the plays and stories i wrote i never let anyone read them, specifically for this reason. I had lost my confidence in school and lost my passion for writing because of the criticism, but i still possessed my passion for my own personal creativity, and i didn't want anyone to take that away from me.
All i have to say now is THANK GOD I AM GOING TO BE A TEACHER! I know i am not the best writer, but i love that about my writing, there is always room for improvement and it has nothing to do with my creativity in anyway, it is only the way i express it. I can teach that idea everyday in my class... it is OK not to be perfect, but if you have something brilliant to say and you are excited to share it, make sure it gets heard clearly.