Devin's Creative Writing

The Wait is Finally Over          For the last 16 years of my life I have been considered a lot of things, a student is one of them.  I don't really know what it's like to not be a student because i've been one for so long, but I can't wait for the title to be gone. Looking back at all the years of work I've had to do in order to get to this point and it feels bittersweet. It's a day that I never thought would come and at the blink of an eye it's here. I remember graduating high school like it was yesterday, the long drawn out ceremony, only hoping for it to be over. Now, in over a week I will be graduating college, making me the first in my family. It's a rewarding feeling but at the same time it adds extra pressure on my shoulders, now I have to use this degree.  As excited as I am, I'm equally as anxious to get my adult life officially started. I feel like a new kid at school, a feeling of uncertainty about what could happen, but still confident t...

  From Hate to Love     Writing in any form was never a joy that I had from the start, it wasn't until recently I discovered that it's something I enjoy.  In high school writing papers was something that we would have to do maybe once every couple months. When we did have to write a paper, it was never more than a couple pages. For someone who would despise writing anything more than a paragraph, this schedule made it easy for high school me to get by. I could never find the patience to sit down and focus long enough about what I needed to write. I would basically free write my papers letting the final product be it. Proof reading was a myth in my eyes. Once I got to Heidelberg, it didn't take long for me to realize that way for writing will not get me far. Having to force myself to have patience and write three or four page papers only made me hate writing more. It wasn't until I switched majors to becoming a Communication major, that I found a new love for writing....