Writing Sample

The most important moment in my life. That's an interesting prompt to give. At first, it seems like the typical writing class warm-up for everyone to engage in. When I sat down at the computer to write it, I paused, and thought for a good few minutes. I contemplated maybe re-using the event I always write about in these situations, the car crash I was in when I was twelve. But that incident isn't really personal to me anymore, mostly a blur of noise and smoke. I turned to Danielle and Kenzie, my friends seated next to me, and said, "I don't know what to write. Nothing interesting ever happens to me." They laughed, and Danielle agreed. "Me neither," she said, "I just wrote about my dad and my uncle being stupid last summer." As we laughed about her family's antics, I thought, I don't even have a silly family experience to comment on. My day usually consists of waking up, going to school, maybe an extra-curricular or two (depending on the day) and then finally going back home to surf the internet or sleep. I turned to my friends in the white lab once more. "I could just write about how I don't have any interesting experiences," I suggested jokingly. They both laughed, and Danielle replied, "Do it. This conversation is probably the most eventful thing that's happened to you this week." I chuckled because she's right. Reflecting on my past and writing about this now is actually very eye-opening. Being unable to think of an experience has given me a strange, twisted sort of determination. I should get a job, or perhaps pick up a productive hobby. I'm going to go home after school today and knit a scarf.