Meaningful Writing

I don't know about the rest of you, but I tend to write significantly better writing when it deals with something that is meaningful to me. I'm certainly going to be much more into what I'm writing about if it relates to music or food (both of which I'm very fond of!) versus the Spanish Armada (sorry to any Armada fans out there!) I feel like I've felt this way ever since I began writing, from my first piece of academic writing to the writing we have done in our journal entries. When I am given an assignment that relates to me, not only am I much more into what I am writing about, but I also tend to have much more to say, and end up writing a far more satisfactory paper than that of a not-so-interesting topic. Of course, writing is about focusing on a variety of topics, and not just sticking with what I like to call "comfy" topics that feel good to write about. Writing is about having different experiences, and realizing that variety improves the quality of ones writing. However, you can't beat that feeling when you've been assigned a paper, whether it be expository or research, that feels like it was created specifically with you in mind!