Usually when I’m faced with an About Me section on a social network, I will either use the default passage, insert a famous quote, or leave an optimistic message for my followers. So to have to write an About Me section that was actually about me was metacognition I wasn’t ready for. All I knew was I wanted to make it concise and simultaneously personal. That guideline was obviously not enough.

For my first genre convention, I skipped the rubric and headed straight for the examples linked on the assignment post. I have always learned writing through reading, and picking up clues through other accomplished writers/bloggers was definitely helpful. After immersing myself in the examples, I picked up some of the novels I own and flipped to the About the Author page. I read through Jodi Picoult’s page, Cecelia Ahern’s page, and Rick Riordhan’s page before I felt comfortable enough…