Writing and Me

I love writing stories. I just came across a story I wrote in first grade that was absolutely hilarious. I laughed so hard I cried. When I was in ninth grade, I wrote an entire novel. And then another in tenth grade. Of course, I look back on my "novels" with contempt, now, because they were abominably written. The two major things my stories lack are plots and figurative language. I love to write character sketches and develop my characters throughout the story, but I struggle with creating interesting, realistic, creative plots. I'm also quite lacking when it comes to figurative language. It's especially difficult for me to use any sort of figurative language that isn't already a cliche (smooth as a baby's bottom, per se). So I usually just don't use any. I describe things matter of factly, without much imagery. Ultimately, I would love to write a really good novel. Hopefully this class can help me achieve such a goal.