The Inspired Writer vs. The Real Writer

        For Sarah Allen, writing is meant to conjure a response, to invoke a feeling in a reader, and create a connection through listening, reading, and talking.   In The Inspired Writer vs. The Real Writer, she emphasizes the importance of communication, and how even if what we have to say isn't by any means brilliant, it is still necessary to put it out there.  For me, writing has always been a means of self-expression and emotional release.  I like to write about the things I am passionate about, things that excite me, but I often find it much harder to write about things that I am interested in than others.  In fact, the hardest paper I've had to write was an open-ended paper for my AP english  class about something I was interested in.  I think writing about something I have a profound enthusiasm for makes it much harder to consolidate my thoughts into one and organize a paper well.  Nevertheless, I find it very enjoyable to write about topics of significance in my life.
        Allen explains that finding it hard to write isn't a problem that only bad writers have.  It is a common misconception that writing with ease means you must be talented.  It also doesn't mean that loving to write means you are talented at writing either.  For her, writing is still a difficult task, sometimes so much so that she describes herself trudging through her work.  It's almost comforting to know that when she was in college, she too struggled with things like revision, vocabulary, and format outside of the five-paragraph structure we all know.  Her tricks on her way of writing are very informative and helpful to me.  Allen likes to imitate writers she admires, not in content but more in structure, and when that sort of system doesn't quite work, she turns to other readers for insight.  Sarah Allen offers a fresh take on writing by being very relatable in content but insightful at the same time.  She makes me feel a lot better about my own struggles and triumphs with writing.