Day 15 – March SOLSC #sol17

Milestone celebration!  I made it to the halfway mark!  Yay!  I can’t believe that I almost didn’t participate in this Challenge because of my fears.  Fears that have been with me forever.  Fears that have developed over time. Fears about being able to do it – to write every day.

I wanted to stop and reflect on this halfway mark but I realize that I’ve been reflecting all along in some way – even if I wasn’t recording it.   I’ve been learning about myself as a writer through this experience.  Here’s what sticks out so far:

• I actually DO enjoy writing and expressing myself through my writing.
• I’m learning what “Writing from the Heart,” truly means.
• I’m definitely more motivated to write because I know people from this great community are going to read what I write .  (audience!)
• I’m more comfortable writing narratives, but also enjoy experimenting with poetry.
• I look forward to people’s comments on my posts and learn from them (feedback!)
• I benefit from looking to other bloggers as mentors.  I may not have tried different structures or poems without my mentors.
• I am finding ideas EVERYWHERE! Ideas pop into my head all day long and I jot them into my writer’s notebook.
• I look forward to writing every day (and reading other slices too)! It’s become one of my favorite times of my day.

As I write down this first reflection, I’m already seeing the connections between what helps me as a writer and what helps my students.  I’m looking forward to the second half of this challenge and what else I learn about myself as a writer (and reflect on it too)

Thank you to the team of writers at Two Writing Teachers for created this amazing writing community!