Week 2 - Writing Process

          When writing, I've found that I have to be prompted or inspired to be able to sit down and create a written piece. It's extremely difficult for me to be sat down in front of a computer and just begin typing out an idea. My writing habits are unfortunately a lot more scarce than I'd like to admit. I thrived in high school with my writing, as my senior year I managed to get signed up for 3 different english classes to have the outlet to write. However, with the start of my college life, the only writing I usually stay faithful to is my journal, a habit I've stuck to since I was about 6. When writing, I prefer to be in a quiet and isolated place. Any music, talking, or constant noises keep me from concentrating, and there are times where I will go to the third floor in the library just so I have guaranteed silence. It usually doesn't particularly matter the time of day I prefer to write, however, I find that I'm not quite properly "warmed up" in the morning to be able to write anything cohesive or clear. 

          As I mentioned on the first day of class, I'm a little less than experienced when it comes to poetry. All throughout high school, various poem structures were drilled into us to a degree that I began to resent poetry, and all particularly poetic pieces of writing. However, the poems that I've taken a liking to are often the ones that have some sort of defined structure. If the poem is particularly abstract or lazy with their structure, it often makes it a lot harder for me to take the poem itself seriously. I believe that a good and successful poem has a defined structure and intention. Extremely abstract and avant-garde poetry is often lost on me, and creates a sense of annoyance rather than inquisitiveness.