Autobiography

I write on this blog all the time - about my life, about how I feel, about what I think. It comes easily, I just speak what's on my mind. But then, I get to English class and my professor says, "We're working on writing autobiographies and creative writing for this unit, begin writing about your life," and I have no idea what to say.

People have pages by now, and I have only one. One that I'm sure to toss out and be left with nothing, again. I don't have anything interesting to say. I don't know where to begin. I don't really have anything that flows together...just a bunch of random thoughts and stories. That's the way my brain works I guess. I don't really think in a continuous strand of thoughts, unless I'm on to something, some sort of big discovery or understanding. Or if it's required of me - like an essay or homework of any sort. But my creativity is not flowing. It's spotty and all over the place and unpredictable.

But how do I turn that into a productive English assignment? A clear idea would be useful within the next week or I'm going to be too far behind to even attempt to make up for all the writing time I've wasted...