Why I write.

When I was a child I liked to write letters to my friends. I had a lot of pen pals. Also, I had no problems with essays during my grade school years. I did not needed much time to create an essay, or a journal, or something else for my writing class. The older I become, the more difficult it gets for me to write. Perhaps, I have more problems, needs, or other various things in my life that keep me from being able to focus on writing. Therefore, when I read "The Watcher at the Gates" by Gail Godwin, I saw myself there. In this essay, Godwin illustrates examples of many things that may be obstacles to some people to start writing. Also, she suggests several ways that may help people to overcome such a problem. Although I have different kinds of excuses to not start writing, they all have the same meaning, purpose, and consequences as in Godwin's essay: take me away from writing.

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