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Writing has always been a huge passion of mine.

As a child, I was constantly scribbling words


in notebooks, filling them to the brim and as an adult, I am constantly tapping away at my
laptop developing ideas for the next story I wish to tell. Through my passion for storytelling, I
have adapted my passion for writing into a dream to become a screenwriter, a dream that I
am eagerly optimistic that university will help me achieve. After extensively researching
next steps for me, I am certain that this university course is the ideal direction for me. I am
excited to surround myself with others that have similar aspirations to me and work
alongside them. I look forward to not only the educational value that university will offer but
also the networking opportunities I will hopefully acquire.

Independently, I am constantly working on my own writing projects, these range from


outlines for movies and tv shows that I would like to one day see in production to the
opening chapters of novels inspired by my favourite works. I have entered these pieces into
competitions before along with posting them on social media platforms and have received
praise on my ability to describe a character as if they are a real breathing human.
Additionally, in 2017, I started creating blog posts on a social media platform used to
connect fans of one of my favourite tv shows, creating these posts not only helped me
improve the way that I write through gathering and implementing peer feedback but also
helped me learn the importance of community in the writing space. These blog posts were
well received as I boosted to a follower count of over 50,000 and became a senior
moderator for the community where I ran weekly events and competitions along with
creating tutorials and help-posts to make sure that the community ran smoothly.

Alongside these independent projects, I am currently studying the CAVA Access to HE Media
course at Bournemouth and Poole college. On this course, I have had the opportunity to
write several scripts and receive feedback on them through class discussion, I have found
this extremely beneficial as not only has it helped me enhance my writing skill but it has
helped boost my confidence when showcasing my work. This course is also providing me
with a fruitful understanding of the production side of media, I feel this to be beneficial to
me as it will allow me to understand the positions of people that I aim to work alongside in
the future. On this course, I have further developed my research and analytical skills. This is
very important to me as I have grown up fascinated by delving deeper into topics of interest
and obsessing over the finer details. This fascination has forced its way into my academic life
along with greatly impacting my writing for personal projects. I find that this has helped me
create fully fleshed-out characters in my work, characters that have clear-sighted aspirations
and believable faults.

I believe that this passion for research stemmed from my great fondness for humanities
subjects in school as I was a dedicated subject ambassador for my favourite of the
humanities subjects, history. During this position, I dedicated my own-time to a range of
tasks including tutoring younger peers for their mock exams and promoting the subject to
prospective students at open-evening events. In my opinion, the experience in this role
taught me the importance of communication as I had to work alongside peers in a
collaborative effort to achieve the best results and time-management as I had to efficiently
organise myself to prepare resources and provide feedback by scheduled deadlines.
Overall, I am passionate about my subject and dedicated to putting in the work relevant to
achieving my overall goals along with being a restless creative soul. I am excited to see how
university will inspire me to create further!

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