For quite some time, I have wanted to pursue creative writing as a career. More specifically, I am interested in writing about trauma. Even as a young girl, I favored memoirs and creative nonfiction stories over ones filled with whimsical fantasy escapes. I felt an innate desire to bathe in the icy depths of written word. In 2024 amidst the pandemic, I received a Bachelors of Arts in psychology. In the back of my mind, I always hoped that my psychology degree would someday allow me the space to write. The degree gave me the skills to research, and it gave me the foundation to understand trauma at a deeper level. I took several creative writing courses during my time as an undergraduate, and even won an award from the university’s English Department for a creative nonfiction essay on a personal childhood trauma. Despite my desperate attempts to pursue psychology as a career because I knew it would be safer, writing always found its way in. I am finally ready to listen to my body and soul. I am finally ready to write. I aim to push forward in my journey as a writer by receiving a masters degree in creative writing. I will spend the next year getting my writing portfolio finalized to apply for programs in the fall of 2024. Obtaining a masters degree will allow me to accomplish my long term career goals. Additionally, it will allow me to further develop and publish my first book, which will focus on how taboo traumas differ from typical traumas. The book will incorporate my own personal traumas via creative narratives as a means of exemplifying how a trauma being taboo alters the entire traumatic experience. To help finalize my writing portfolio, I am asking for some financial help. Due to the nature of my writing, each individual essay or piece requires immense personal investment. Some examples of necessary expenses relate to research, therapy cost to ensure that I am taking care of my self as I re-examine my own traumas, and editing feedback. I am also interested in taking several private classes focusing on memoir/trauma writing with successful writers so that I may work out my writing with someone experienced in the medium. All funds will go toward such expenses. I currently am in a financially strained place after several personal and mental fallbacks, despite working a full time job. I simply cannot financially afford to invest in my writing the way I would like to right now. If you choose to donate, I cannot even begin to describe how much it would mean to me. Any and all donations would push me closer to my goal of becoming a successful writer, of being able to tell my story in a way that offers my traumas real, grounded purpose. In moments where I felt suffocated by my traumas and body, writing gave me the ability to exhale. Thank you for the consideration. Warmly, Torie Rose
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