My writing philosophy...where i was and how i wish to evolve..

Over the years my writing has been to the format that I have been taught. It doesn't portray much originality, it isn't as exciting to read as a book, it isn't really what i like at all. I have been told in the past that I am a great writer. This may be true in the aspect that I follow the directions, I include my facts when needed, I, by far, write more that what is needed or necessary, so if that makes you a good writer, then I guess I am.
I have always wondered why no matter how my teachers had instructed us, as students, to write, it had never came out fun to read. It never made me feel proud that I had written something that I could pick up in a few years down the road and read it in the same interest as when I had wrote it or write after turning it in. But I have been proud of how long I was able to continue following out words onto a page and how I seemed very knowledgeable of my subject. I know that this is because I take pride in my work and find it important to have a great understanding on the subject at had. This too is a characteristic of a great writer but just because you do that does not necessarily mean that you produced a great piece of writing.
I want to learn to write in more imaginative ways, so that my read can make a clear and indepth picture of what it is I am talking about. I would like my writing to sound like a story or a beautiful poem not like a text book, which is the closest thing I can think of to my current style of writing.
I am not entirely sure where I want to end up in my growth of writing, but I do know that over the past few days in class and what I have been reading, I do find more interest and I would love to make at least one nice piece. One that I can be proud of. One where the words flow, one where I bring out many characteristics of myself, one that is full of excitement, yet does not become overwhelming and I still sound educated. Something along those lines. I just hope that over this course I can figure out where I stand as a writer and where I want to become.



P.S. I think that Charles Deemer definately would understand why I do not like my current form of writing. My writing does not really seem like MY WRITING, if that makes any sense.