Writing, to me, has always been a tough job. Infact I am put through it every now and then, and at the end I get through it, tired and bored.
I have a really hard time writing essays or anything else where I have to think a lot. The most annoying task for me is to put my rambling and disorganized thoughts on the paper.
Whenever I sit to write, a few questions come up in my mind. Why are we doing all this? What is the purpose? Where can writing help me in my practical life? For an Asian like me whose native language is not English, these questions are important. But I am aware that for most other people whose native language is English or who have read and spoken English since they first learnt to speak, it might not hold the same importance.
A big problem I face when trying to write in English is that I have to translate all I think, because ideas naturally come to me in my own native language. Therefore a lot of times I know what should be written there, but I cannot come up with the proper English phrase. So I get stuck.
I have a lot of problems punctuating a sentence too. I feel like giving up the English subject when I am told to punctuate a sentence. However, despite facing so many problems in writing English, I have something good to say about it as well.
To be honest, English has always been my favorite subject. I have written stories, summaries, essays, etc., and it feels like I am born to hate writing and still be able to get through it pretty well. I have done well in English.
One of my strengths while writing something is that even though I really don’t have much idea about tenses, punctuation marks, active passive voice etc., I write whatever sounds proper and natural to me, and it works. Yeah, it really has worked for me so far. But I want to reach the sky, and be able to pour my feelings down on the paper without any language inhibitions.