its getting personal

So I have decided to go ahead with my plan to apply for the English program at University B. It looks soo over my head, but it excites me. The program I applied for at University A just did not get me going. So my first step is do develop a 20-25 page writing sample. I'm planning on submitting an excerpt from my book but it needs a lot of work. Enter a writing group. The first meeting is on Thursday. How scary is that? But this is a HUGE step for me. Being able to potentially share my work is letting me know that I am already growing as a writer. It's so hard because I hate getting so personal and intimate knowing there could be possible rejection. It's like getting naked in front of a group of strangers. There are bound to be things about your body that people don't like. And that's how personal my writing is - because it is a direct extension of me. I cannot divorce myself from my writing the way that I cannot divorce myself from my body. My writing is me. And so I am looking forward to getting person on Wednesday night, hoping that someone or maybe a few people like what they see.