In Class Prompt #1- Self Efficacy

I am mostly afraid of writing. Well, maybe not writing itself, but the fact that other people read what I write. I don't really know why I'm so afraid of it. I think maybe it has something to do with the fact that I don't like it when people judge me for what I say or do. Throughout high school, however, I have slowly learned to stop having this fear. Though it still bothers me quite a bit, it IS getting better. I'm actually glad that we are writing about this because, literally, twenty minutes before class I had checked my blog and someone had written a response about the story I started writing the night before. I had never written ANYTHING like it. But, I was glad to see that someone enjoyed what I had written. It made me feel better knowing that I can think outside the box and write something unusual. Maybe all I need is honest opinions given to me in a respectful way. I remember one time in high school we were doing peer revisions, but you didn't know whose paper you were reading. I got mine back and wanted to cry! The comments down the side of my paper were HORRIBLE! Like someone should have shot me instead of me writing that paper! (maybe that is what I should write my narrative about!) <--haha!  Anyway, I felt that negative comments were hurting my ability to write a creative story. I eventually just gave up! I figured no one liked them, so why keep trying? I am really glad that I did try again the other night, and someone LOVED it! It honestly has given me the confidence to start writing creatively again! I can't wait to continue on with my story! I feel that it is important to do creative writing, because, to be honest, there is no fun writing something so structured to the point where you are bored out of your mind.