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"I've always wanted to keep a diary. " UVA Quirk Essay



fafarrukh 3 / 8  
Sep 6, 2015   #1
Describe one of your quirks and why it is part of who you are.

It took me ages to think of one I could write about. Please edit critically! I could use all the help I can get.

I've always wanted to keep a diary. After reading Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries, I tried on multiple occasions but failed. Neither do I have the dedication nor the patience to daily scribble away pages of my endless adventures. And as it turns out, Mia Thermopolis discovering she's a princess has much more to say than I do. But even after my fifth attempt, I refused to throw out my "diary". I decided I'd keep it for whenever I did find something to write about. Five years later, I'm glad I did. Writing in my diary is now an essential part of my day. And it's my unique quirk because I write not in the way Mia does. I don't pour out my emotions and describe my every activity. I've never been able to fill pages with empty talk, and that's why traditional "Dear Diary" entries never work for me. I tweeze out the spark from my quotidian life, good or bad. Never a page or a paragraph. Just a line or two. About an unexpected challenge. A peculiar stranger. An act of kindness. In desperate times, the changing weather. I want to look back and remember more than a conventional life but not necessarily a perfect one. Time is slipping by, and my one line entries grab snippets for me to revisit in the future. I will learn from my mistakes. And I will smile at my accomplishments. But cherish I will them both.

justivy03 - / 2265  
Sep 7, 2015   #2
-...to daily scribble daily thruaway pages of my endless adventures.

- AndA s it turns out, Mia Thermopolis discovering...

- ButHowever even after my fifth attempt,..

- I will learn from my mistakes. And, I will smile at my..

- ...accomplishments. Butand cherish I will them both.

You are a very creative writer, you know what you want to write and you go for it. Don't worry about your words, play with them, the language rules?, they will fall into the right places, the best thing that you can do, read more, enjoy life and write about it.

It's your diary, it's your life, make it special.
OP fafarrukh 3 / 8  
Sep 7, 2015   #3
Thank you so much for your input!
Many say that for college essays write as you'd talk, so that's why I have many sentences starting with But, etc.

I have another essay I need help with if you could take out the time to look that one over, I'd greatly appreciate it!


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