Once upon a time in children's lit...

My name is Nicole Zschiesche (Zee-shay) and I am a junior Film-TV-Digital Media major, Writing minor. All of the writing classes I've taken up to this point have been about reading other people's work and then trying to create something of my own. I haven't had a problem with that format - in fact, I like being inspired by great writers and learning to carve my own way in the writing world - but I'm really looking forward to this class. I love the feeling of revisiting my past through rereading many of the beloved books of my childhood. It will be interesting to compare how I felt and reacted to the stories when I first read them and how I see everything now that I've been exposed to the world outside of recess and school uniforms - probably like visiting my old middle school and finding the bathrooms a little too cozy.

My favorite book as a kid was probably Ella Enchanted. My best friend and I used to talk about it all the time, comparing ourselves to the main character and rereading it ever few months when we felt like a good cheering up.