As I look back on my writing, as little of it that I actually do, I would like to be able to say that it has left an impression on only one individual. That individual is often different on many occasions, but I hope that my writing touches one person...the person whom it is intended...the solo audience.

I am not one to write an essay for a group of people or an audience. My writings are simply meant for that one special person. The writings that I do are letters. Letters that are usually meant for that one person who means enough to me that I think of them whenever I am bored and am unable to speak to them. I think of them and pick up an ink pen and a piece of paper with no knowledge of what I am going to write. I just let the ink pen do the work. It often starts out as: "I'm bored and thinking of you". And then it turns into something meaningful.

I enjoy writing because it lets me speak on my emotions. Sometimes I have difficulty finding the words I mean to say and it comes out sounding worse than intended. Somehow I manage to find a way to make something sound horrible when my intentions are to be honest and praise someone. A letter enables me to cross out words and reword something in such a way that I can design it to my desire. I would then deliver that letter to its recipient and it would enable that one person to have a hard copy of what it is that I am trying to say. Whether it be my emotions or feelings, whether good or bad, or it may even be my interpretation of something. Either way, the letter is to my liking.

I feel that one of the benefits of writing is that the person whom it was intended has a "hard copy" of your words. If what I am writing is a letter to a loved one, that letter gives them a hard copy of what I mean, and they can look back upon it at a later date and remember what it is that I am actually saying. That letter gives them a memory that they can't forget, since it is written down.

I feel that that is the problem with speaking...forgetfulness... It's human nature to forget things that are said. But with writings, if one forgets, they can look back on their letter or note of some kind and remember. As opposed to attempting to remember but getting something wrong.

  Writing enables me to let out my version/vision of something without any interruptions. With writing, as opposed to speaking, I am able to stay focused on my topic and actually think about what I am trying to say without wording it incorrectly and regretting it later. When I write and I have an idea for something, I feel that I am less likely to get off track and lose my place.

I remember that there was one time that I wrote a letter that came out as a poem. I didn't intend on it coming out in the form of a poem, but it did. I was studying for my final exams and I was going through a difficult time with my girlfriend and I had to speak to her, but I couldn't talk to her. Every time I would talk to her, we would end up arguing over something. What I had decided to do was write her a letter. At that time, I didn't intend on giving her the letter, I just needed to speak to her and tell her how I felt and how she made me feel. I needed to get a few things "off my chest". So I began to write and it honestly felt like I put the paper up to my ear, tilted my head, and the words fell out onto the paper in a specific order...in the form of a poem.

That was the first and only poem that I have ever written. I gave her that poem in a card, with a rose...

That young lady and I are no longer together, but I am still good friends with her. I speak to her on a regular basis and she has told me, before, that she still has the poem and card and she sometimes rereads it just to remember how I felt about her. And that is exactly what I mean when I say   "that letter gives them a hard copy of what I mean, and they can look back upon it at a later date and remember what it is that I am actually saying".

Earlier, I stated that writing letters are meant for one person. However, that one person is sometimes myself. There have been numerous times when I have written something, with the intention on giving the letter to someone but I refrained, because the actual recipient of the letter wasn't that person at all, it was myself. It was a chance for me to talk and let out some of my feelings, without actually speaking to someone but myself.

Overall, I feel that my letters and my writings are meant for one individual. That person may be a loved one, a friend, or even myself. Whatever the case may be, I feel that writing helps me, personally, deal with the things that are going on throughout my life.