Adensaw's profile

Hello! My name is Elizabeth. I’m currently a (returning) college student. I was studying for a career in Business/Public Administration but recently took a course to assist in securing my goals through a major. As it happens, I decided to change my major to biochemistry with an emphasis in biology. This will take more time but is a decidedly better “fit”. Anyway, writing is a dream for me and one that I rarely share. I have a terrible time recalling the rules of punctuation, sentence structure, rules of creative writing and as for spelling, well, I usually realize something “looks wrong” and either change or omit.
Having procured an education in English extending only to English 101 or 1A, I am hoping that the classes I have left to ta…

Hello! My name is Elizabeth. I’m currently a (returning) college student. I was studying for a career in Business/Public Administration but recently took a course to assist in securing my goals through a major. As it happens, I decided to change my major to biochemistry with an emphasis in biology. This will take more time but is a decidedly better “fit”. Anyway, writing is a dream for me and one that I rarely share. I have a terrible time recalling the rules of punctuation, sentence structure, rules of creative writing and as for spelling, well, I usually realize something “looks wrong” and either change or omit.
Having procured an education in English extending only to English 101 or 1A, I am hoping that the classes I have left to take will inspire me to refresh my basic skills and prepare me to be a better writer creatively. I love music and can and do write it as completely as could be expected with about 4 years of childhood piano training. I don’t write lyrics until I finish the musical composition unless, as has happened, I hear the music and lyrics simultaneously when I get an idea. I hated the art class I took in college because it involved piecing together a lot of shapes and I could not understand the concepts. I do draw occasionally, mostly things around me or things stored most clearly in my memory. I also draw the same little cartoons I started drawing in 3rd grade. When I was about 9, I took a drawing/painting class in downtown San Jose, in some kind of basement, and was relieved when it was over. I just didn’t like all the rules, either that, or I lacked the talent/desire/patience to learn. This is the extent of, other than my attempts at writing, my creative ability and education. I have a lot of ideas, mostly for Fantasy/Sci-Fi but I realized recently that they are filled with political, social and religious implications and ,though of interest to ME, I doubt their ability to insight great interest in creative writers or those who enjoy reading the work of these, the gifted :). Adding this to what I lack in skill, I feel the need to read more of the writing here on Urbis. I have read a good deal of Historical Fiction as well as Science Fiction and Fantasy. I also like to write poetry (however amateur)and different philosphical ideas based on my moods. It’s kind of like journaling. I will not attempt to duplicate anyone’s style of writing or come up with new bends on their ideas. I value originality and would rather stink at writing fiction(or everything) than work to change what uniqueness I might contribute. I will mostly be trying to relate,as a whole, what I like reading to my own generation of new ideas . All that said, perhaps as somewhat of a disclaimer, I will review work mostly based on how it impacts my feeling as the reader, only noting (maybe) technical things like spelling or grammar worse than mine. If you read this far, congratulations! And thanks!  If you do review my work,please explain any aforementioned lack of ability in practical, layman’s terms. I admire a large vocabulary and, if I like what someone’s writing conveys, will use a thesaurus or dictionary to update my vocabulary. If you do include words in a review, of a variety not often used  by the general public, in particular those accompanied by advice that’s beyond me, I may repond with a “comment”, asking you what you mean. I hope that’s alright. I will leave out more personal aspects of my life because I’m paranoid or just reserved. I plead with anyone who relates to anything I write to let me know. This matters most to me. I have a sense of humour that may, at times, seem infantile. Hopefully, if you can’t relate to it, you’ll just ignore it. I have had the experience, though inevitably gentle and polite in behavior (only recently letting go of the darker/abrubt side of myself in private relationships), of feeling very isolated inside. I used to interpret this, with some sadness, as being caused by an inherent difference from most people. With the number of people in the world, despite the fact that EVERONE’s different, this is not statistically possibly. I figure the odds of discovering this in my own little world are greater having found this site.