I struggled a lot with the identity narrative essay because I was not able to focus on one topic. The original topic was how I had endured all the hardships I had experienced in the past. In the drafts, I included three topics which was how the volleyball team was a second family, my parent’s divorce, and the sport itself. I tried to enforce all the topics into one essay when it should be about one specific moment or memory. I mentioned all three without realizing I was going off topic until my professor and peers reminded me. In my draft, I was explaining the very beginning of the phenomenon which lead to meeting new people and the introduction of volleyball. I wrote about different chapters in my life that made me become the strong person I am today. It was a huge mistake because my story started to make sense in my head and made it harder for me to edit out the unnecessary parts. I learned that to write an exceptional identity narrative, I have to focus on one specific topic and not go off track.

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