Aspirations for Writing

Salihah Clayton
4 min readFeb 12, 2021

My story itself, my personal story, has had so many ups and downs that it is crazy to think that I am here now in this moment, writing out my thoughts. That story will be told another time, for now I want to share why I write and why I yearn so much for it.

I have astounding high hopes, such passionate passion for literature and writing that I come to have doubts that my words will ever have an impact on readers. I worry that those feelings are delusional, and just dreams based on my imagination. I am currently working on a novel that touches on Fantasy, Science Fiction, Action…

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