Power Of Writing Analysis

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The power of writing

“Quality is not an act it is a habit” This quote derived from my all-time favorite philosopher Aristotle is directly applicable to my experiences with writing. At an early age it dawned to me if not one will listen to me, but I can always recite my stories and worries upon the blank pages of anything I choose. This philosophy is why I have kept a journal since I was 10 years old and by doing this I have a visual representation of my writing milestone.
It began with a language barrier. Although I was born here in the U.S, I left at the early age of six months old to the island of Hispaniola. During my childhood it was ingrained in me that academic success was my most essential task. Upon arriving back to the states at the age of ten, I was bombarded with a new culture and dialect. School quickly went from being the place I excelled to the place I detested. I started out by simply writing out my day, a pattern emerged. The truth was I wasn’t doing anything to better myself, to become that proficient student I once was. My writing became a way to track my progress with the things I learned. What did I do differently? Did it help? Eventually I started to write in a broken English mixed .
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Anything with words fascinated me. As my vocabulary improved, my journal entries became longer more eloquent. However emotionally I was lost, I was angry and hurt. My Grandmother had just passed away, she was the one who raised me, and without her I felt lost. In turn came when I started incorporating my feelings into my journal entries. Words that my fictional characters used echoed on the pages of my journal and helped me to translate intangible feelings into gratifying relief. My writing became more than just a progress tracker, it became