How Learning Another Language Made Me a Better Writer

You don’t need to be fluent for it to have an impact

Photo by Abi Schreider on Unsplash

I have been travelling to and from Italy since I was 14. In the beginning, I was reluctant to engage with any part of the culture — I was a teenager, and I wanted to be back home, spending the summer with my friends, instead of hunkering down in the middle of nowhere with my family.