As a youngster in school, I was put into the 'top set' in English Literature, mainly at the request of my mother to keep me away from my 'dead head mates' as she liked to refer to them. At the time i hated this, being in a class of predominantly clever girls with the head boy prefect and 2 other clever lads i didn't really know. I was clever myself but was easily side tracked into doing the things we thought (at the time) were cool and rebellious. I was predicted a C in GCSE English Literature even though i was in the top set taking the higher level exam, simply because i was at the lower end of the scale but capable of not failing the higher paper.
It came round the GCSE exam and we were given the task of writing a short horror story in the first exam then the 2nd involved writing a diary account of a nurse looking after the main character in the novel, 'Whose Life Is It Anyway'.
I blew this away and came out with a grade A, made my English teacher cry and my year head speechless after giving me a hard time all the way through school. Since then, i haven't really written anything fictional or non-fictional; to be honest i've barely even read a newspaper let alone a book! I went on to architecture where the education was much different to essay writing and reading books.
A few weeks ago I was introduced to steemit by @storminatcup, @michelle.gent son and a very good friend of mine. It soon becomes clear to me that I can use the lost skill of writing to my advantage, but felt a bit rusty and low in confidence about the quality of what i was posting.
Soon I got a big boost from my introduction post found here, @praada/hello-steemians-absolute-clueless-imbecile-joining-up-to-share-my-crazy-adventures and shortly after this i joined this #story-mentor group to further and refresh my writing skills through criticisms which i absolutely welcome publicly in order to benefit my future posts!
I've had a lot of fun over the last 3 weeks on Steemit and look forward to many more!
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