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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at UPR chapter.

I suck at Science. Pretty average with Math. I like History. Love reading.

I daydream. Like to knit stories. Enjoy telling memories. Love making people laugh.

Fucking emotional; a constant knot lies in my chest. Open minded. Sad. Lonely. Twenty. Sometimes lost, mostly here.

I write journal entries; occasionally publish articles. Currently a Creative Writing undergrad.

 

Why though?

The heck I know.

 

I found out ¾ through high school that this is what I’m meant to do. I conjured a story and saw my classmates bring it to life. I fell in love.

Then I got lost. Found myself across the ocean. Came back and lost myself again. Damn I need a bell, one of those collar bells. JK. I mean just kidding, not Joanne. Although I do want to be like her.

I like to build worlds with words. Tie the tongues. Read out loud the whispers engraved on the pages.

I finished my first journal when I was thirteen, moved by Anne Frank. She left her world behind, a portkey to remind us that the past is more than a relic.

 

A writer knows they’re a writer when they need to be read. Not a closet poet. Not scribbled pages hidden in a drawer in your mom’s house.

A writer knows they’re a writer when they have something to say. Sometimes it takes their lifetime to completely deliver the message.

 

Hi, I’m Ana. I like to write. Why? Pen and paper are the best listeners, secret keepers, hold a zero judgement policy, a true laissez faire, a legacy for later generations and something I’ll never be bored of.

 

Thanks for reading.

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Ana Teresa Solá is a Creative Writing student at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus and aspires to further her education with an M.S. in Journalism. Solá covers all things society and culture, and advocates for human equality.