Writing can make or break anything. I know that’s a bold statement but I, Mary Frazier , am here to explain why and how I want to use my ability to write and ambition to learn to write better in college is so important. We often look at writing as a thing to just get through life with but it’s such a beautiful gift to have because words—regardless of anyone wanting to admit it— can make or break a person. For example great speakers always had to write down most of what they wanted to convey, some words were so moving that it turned the course of history all together and that’s something I want to be apart of and contribute to. I plan on continuing writing in college and learning the ins and outs of the beautiful language I speak and use it to spread hope and the aspiration to be something (even though everyone is something from the moment they are born, they just haven’t fully stepped into it yet) and turn others lives around. In my darkest moments writing has created an outlet for me, an escape to entirely different galaxies and world’s unimaginable. While in college I plan on majoring in English and soaking up everything I learn about how to make my words much more eloquent and absorbable for audiences I want to put product out for, because see my biggest dream is to become a novelist or screenwriter, but both would be a dream come true. To me getting these credentials in college is super important for me especially if I want to break into an industry for screen writing. So I want to take advantage of college and be around others who know more than me, because when I am faced with people who are wiser and much more knowledgeable than me, I don’t cower or get intimidate but I sit and watch how they’ve gotten to that place that I’m climbing. I will be the first ever in my family to graduate high school and go to college and I can’t believe it nor did I think I’d make it as far as I have because I did think I would follow in my families footsteps but I’ve come so far to stop here and call it the end of the line. Even if financially I’m figuring it all out on my own that’s okay because what I go through I still use to fuel my desire to speak and write to the masses and hope that one day people like me will also see that the future may look dim right now but once you get out the storm then the calm returns. Many talk about the calm before the storm but I’m here to show that there is also an after and if we can fight until we get there then it will all be worth it. Thank you to whoever is reading this, I hope you have a great day!

How do you write on paper? With your left hand or your right? With your mind or with your soul. My name is Mary Frazier and I am 17 years old and fortunately an incoming college freshmen if I can just find funding. In the future I really want to be a novelist/screenwriter/director at some point. Those things are what I’ve had an interest in for a while but haven’t had as much time honing my crafts since me and my mom and brother move a lot due to unstable living arrangements and lack of money so it’s a bit stressful still trying to pursue something that just doesn’t seem to be as important compared to where I’ll lay my head at night. The reason I want to pursue this is because I never really had friends at all and even to this day, but I would always find comfort in creating and structuring entire world—galaxies even—through my words. It changed my life personally to see my words come to life and be there for me more than actual people that I knew. I really used to be a lonely child so to write and express, especially through poetry, it helped me release a lot of things that I just could not physically speak of to another human being. I want my novels or scripts or any of those things to make a difference because I can genuinely realize that the world needs a difference, and with words there is reconciliation, communication and more that can be expressed with them. I also want to show that if you fight for something hard enough it can be achieved, as of right now we live under the Potters house for children and they’ve helped us a lot but once I turn 18 it’s over and it worries me that I won’t be able to chase my dreams and make it become a reality because I will have to work more than I already do to help with my mom and such because she’s a bit disabled and was recently diagnosed with diabetes and constantly gets sick. I’m not saying all of this to get pity but to show my motivation for why I’m working so hard to do what I do, why I try to be perfect in school and everything that follows. While many times I’ve wished to be from some advantaged family who could send me to college, I realized that it’s not going to happen and that I have to make it happen for myself. So yes I want to change the world one book at a time, show little kids that imagination can become reality and move others with my words and be relevant to the worlds struggles and provide an outlet and pleasure for others, but also I’m afraid to fail because it’s not an option for me because if I do I won’t be able to comprehend my failure because it’s not only mine but also my mom who’s raised me by herself for so long and I just want to give back what she lost sacrificing to have me before it’s her time . So again I say from my original work, “How do you write on paper, with your left hand or your right? With your mind or with your soul?.” To me words aren’t just letters on paper but to sum it up, simply in its totality, words are part of my soul and attached to my reality. Thank you for reading I hope anyone considering reading this has a great day!.

Hi my name is Mary Frazier and today I will be explaining just how this scholarship could and would help me. I’m the youngest out of 4 and currently the only one who is graduating high school in may of 2025, the rest have had kids or dropped out. Really since 13 years old, my brother, my mother and I have been moving constantly due to not having a stable place to stay, first in a motel and then the Salvation Army, then we had an apartment for a year till we could no longer pay. We then moved in with our grandmother for 2 years and then we came back to where we were and stayed with my mothers friend, then a random family, then in a place called the Potters home which I currently reside. Despite financial struggles, chaos, and my mental health I have tried my best to hang on and hold onto the hope that I can and will be something. I have refused to give up and let my life be like my family’s. This is why college and getting a degree for something I love and know I’ll make an impact doing is so important for me. I really realized I’ve got to be the first in my family to make it out and mentally I’ve already decided that I will be the first to make it out. My dream if I were to specify it is to write novels and also have those books become movies one day. I want to inspire others to dream and realize those things can become a reality despite upbringing. This scholarship can help me in this goal to where I am going. This scholarship is like treasure In my eyes especially since I have no financial support from any of my family and it’s just me alone. My McDonald’s job won’t cover my fees but I figure this scholarship can help me get much closer to my goals. I remember 2 quotes, one from a man on a YouTube video actually and it inspires me to keep going and the other I first saw on Pinterest in my freshman year of Highschool. The one from YouTube said: “If I can just get through the fire, if you can just get through it, then you’ll come out furnished like gold” and the second quote said : “What if everything you are going through right now is preparing you for what you asked for”. To this day I can not forget both of those quotes because it keeps me going, to realize that the storm may come but I must stand firm because soon the rainbow and the sun will follow to show that maybe it isn’t that bad, that maybe life despite struggle can be simply beautiful. Thank you for reading, I’m Mary Frazier and I hope you can take this into consideration, have a great day! I