Writing the memoir wasn't as difficult as I thought it was. Coming up with the topic was the hardest part, but once I got that chosen, it was pretty easy from there.
I'm sure I had other defining moments in my life, but the one I chose stood out. For one thing, it did happen rather recently, and I had a lot of emotions behind it, so I knew it would be easy to churn out a lot of writing. Although I knew the emotions behind it could possibly hinder my writing of it, I decided I would try to go for it and really try to reflect on the events, rather than let my emotions rule the writing.
As far as the writing process itself went, it wasn't very hard at all. Once I got started, it was kind of hard to stop. Part of the reason was that I hadn't really written anything about the experience and so it all came pouring out. However, I was able to go back in and really look at certain events and reflect on how they affected me. I went back over parts and elaborated on my feelings and how it related to me in general now.
While it was difficult at times to keep writing, due to the emotions that were brought to the surface, it was good for me to get out of my system and it forced me to take a step away from the situation and really focus on what was important. And to be honest, that's the fastest I've ever written four pages of a paper before.
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