My name is Ellen and I am finally a senior at TCU! I was born and raised just across the river in Plano, Texas, but I definitely call Cowtown my home now. I will be graduating in May of 2012 with a degree in Sport Psychology with a minor in Psychology as well. I appreciate my training related to the mental game as an athlete myself; I regularly participate in triathlons, duathlons, and running events from 5K to half marathons.
My goals in writing are surprisingly similar to my goals in everyday athletic endeavors. I am always trying to be a more efficient cyclist, use less energy to run faster, tune a swim stroke to last longer. Similarly, I want my writing to be of a higher quality and more powerful, but take less time to crank out. I'm someone who doesn't necessarily struggle with writing, but if I am producing an important piece, I take astronomical amounts of time to pre-write, write, proofread, get opinions, and so on. I'm getting to the part of my education where the writing I produce is no longer just affecting the grades I receive, but also the jobs I can get and internships I can hold. I have to persuade professors, research committees, and peers that I can be a reliable source of information. Most of the writing I do now has to do with article reviews and my senior research in sport psychology, and even though it's a scientific topic, there is an argument I am trying to make. The academic arguments I make in my research papers seem trivial, but classmates and I hope that our studies will affect the lives of athletes and coaches alike in the future.
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