I grew up being taught that the word “I” should never be found in my writing. I always believed this meant my opinion was invalid in the topic I was researching or the argument I made in my paper. It was not until my senior year of high school that I was told just how powerful my writing was when I could use my perspective and experiences, without fearing how many points would be deducted if I included words like “me” and “mine.” Sister Molly Heine writes about finding your style and voice when writing. It takes a lot of time and continuous writing to find a groove that suits your way of writing. Sister Molly explains how she had been shy her whole life and did not believe her voice needed to be heard or even mattered. She was never great at writing until she started to pour her voice into her pieces because she realized her perspective did matter. Once Sister Molly found her voice, she became confident in her writing. I understand what Sister Molly went through because it took me a long time to find the style of writing that worked for me. As I got older, and the more papers and stories I wrote, I began to recognize what made my way of writing so original and different from other people’s. The difference was that I became confident in how I write and allowed the words to flow from my brain, instead of focusing on what I was “supposed” to be doing.
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