I have often times made the assumption that my skill of writing, especially creative writing, fell years below the expected standards of writing. I deemed my pieces as "amateur", due to the lack of sophisticated language, failure to clearly explain my ideas, and incapability to organize my ideas. For some reason, I can never find the right words! It literally took me ten minutes to write the first two sentences. However, I am learning how not to be so critical of my writing skills. At least I can spell, kind of. I was told that reading books can increase my writing skills, which makes since to me. Unfortunately, I have the attention span of a gold fish. I can read an entire passage and not understand a single word I read because the entire time I’ll be thinking about what my mother will be cooking for dinner that night. Even though I am not that great of a writer, I have somewhat of a gift of critical thinking. I have the ability to analyze text in several different aspects. I can understand what the author is trying to suggest or promote, but I am also able to play the devil’s advocate by disagreeing with the obvious right answer. Now if only I could get my thoughts on paper!