Top Notch

The Writer's Craft course has finally come to an end. A few months since we started, numerous works written and hundreds of thousands of words typed. It is safe to say that I am a better writer than I was before, and I am very thankful for that. This course was one that I had looked forward to throughout all of high school, and I am very glad that I took it.

Though my work habits are questionable, I believe that I still deserve the highest mark humanly possible. It is a strange concept to grasp, but my mind works best when it is pressed for time. I wrote every single assignment for this course at 1:00 am the night before it was due. My blogs were almost all written the week of their due date. I realize this is a risky way of living, and sometimes, in the case of blogs, it meant missing my deadline, but I truly believe it was the right choice. I would much rather hand in my top notch work late, then hand in something sub-par early. I realize that it means losing marks, but in a course like writers craft, shouldn't the creative mind be able to work in its proper conditions?

I did hand in everything on time; every essay was in on the due date, my analysis' were in on the due date, my short story was in on the due date, even my play was in on the due date, though I did miss my treatment conference, I still handed in the good copy on time.

I feel that I really put out some of my best work this semester. I had to enter some risky circumstances to get there, but I'm proud of it. I feel that I deserve what I worked for, and though I may not be the neatest, most organized worker around, I know that I can write, and isn't that what really matters?