It's been a long while, YWS. I remember coming here when I was 12, so fascinated by writing and how passionate some teenage writers were. I wrote some of my own works, and I was proud of them. Looking back now, they are very cringe worthy and something I'd never want to share with anybody. I was going through a lot of stuff back then, I had recently lost my Dad and it affected my writing to a degree. I also had the effect of literally all those teenage hormones in my head influencing my writing, which wasn't fun.
But, I guess, I'm back now. I don't know if I'm here to stay. Honestly, I've lost touch with my writing and I feel guilty for it. It was one of the only mediums I could express myself with and I lost it. I let games take over my life for a while, League of Legends, mostly. (I don't recommend it, honestly. It's just frustrating to play in the long run.) In that time I stopped reading and stopped writing stories. I'm just trying to grasp at ideas of how I could 'relearn' writing, I guess.
Most of the stuff I attempt to write, I lose confidence with. I'll get past my intro, thinking about how I can expand it from there and I honestly just struggle to come up with anything. It's like that childlike creativity I had is gone. All I see are flaws in whatever I write, and it's hard to come to terms with the fact that I've lost confidence in something I used to love doing.
There's me though, I guess. Sorry for the depressing welcome post. Also, if any other fellow 2010ers are still here give us a shout, I might recognize you.
