I wont lie to you. I am my own worst critic when it comes to my writing. It doesn't really matter what I am writing. I lost count of how many papers I scraped and started over last semester. Everyone I have read them always says that my papers or speeches are great, yet I never think that they are as good as they could be.
But you tell me that my essay is going in to a contest to win a 10 day trip to Africa with a New York Times journalist, and that criticism shoots through the roof. It's people from the freaking New York Times that will be reading and judging this. I have to find a way to be myself and have my personality shine through, yet sound sophisticated, put together and seem interesting, like I could hold an audience if chosen to go on this trip and blog about it.
I know the chances are probably slim that I'll actually win this trip but it would be absolutely amazing if I did...
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