For once I'm excited to write

After our conversation in last Friday's class I have been really looking forward to starting the research process. I read Measure for Measure for my personal play and was so impressed by Shakespeare's ability to include so many moral lessons, and so many more lessons from a spiritual stand point, such as Mercy vs Judgement, fear and faith, etc. I looked back at everything else I have written and worked on for class and I can tell how I was just throwing ideas and things out there to just get assignments done and what not. But after our class discussion on Friday I've had this urge to really pursue the idea of an author's ability to write with a "mission" in mind. I feel like a lot of recent books and writing lately isn't very...substantial? It's just easy writing, fun stories to read. But with Shakespeare, I think the biggest reason why he was such a genius was because you could learn from each of his stories and relate to them with your own personal lives. As a creative writer myself, I am constantly trying to figure out ways to be an influence for good for the young adult/teenage/adolescent world, and it's something I'm passionate about. I hope that I can find a good connection with that and Shakespeare's ease at doing so within Measure for Measure.