I entered the competition to compete against others to see how well I compare amongst other successful writers.

Through this essay, I learnt that there are so many accomplished writers who spent a great deal of their time fine-tuning their works, and I hope that in the future, I will become like them in fine-tuning my own works.

In the future, I hope to start spending more time writing outside of the classroom while also reading more. Hopefully, I will spend less time procrastinating and actually do something productive.

Even though school takes up a good portion of my time right now, I love to read, sleep, listen to music and play the viola. On a lesser scale, I enjoy drawing portraits of people, swimming and aimlessly surfing the internet.

My personal hero is my best friend JY. She's busy with piano, school and her family, but somehow, she always manages to find time for me. She's always supported me, comforted me and helped me get over my setbacks.

Vestal, NY
Vestal Senior High School (10th gr)