Some day I want to be a writer. I have creative thoughts and feelings. I love to share things for others to read. Becoming a writer is tough since there are millions of them. People will be left behind. Honestly, it's heartbreaking. My goal in life is to inspire and show writing is more than a hobby. Writing is a manner of life, a lifestyle I require.
I'm not looking to be famous. Knowing my name, my whole life, my story, is not important. Nor will it ever be for me. I may not tell everyone I write because sometimes I get embarrassed. Being an author should not be embarrassing. I get that way because I never believe my work is where I want it. I rewrite my work up to 5 times to make sure it is where I want it. Someday I hope I can finish my book and let the world read it.
I want to be a writer. How about you?
Hi @PlainandSimple. this is short , simple and relatable.
I feel every line written here is so worthy. You actually understand what will it take to be a writer. The best part is neither you are embarrassed and nor you want to be famous doing this. You write because you love doing it.
But it is actually very heartbreaking that we do not know will this dream be true.but I think
''HOPE , HARDWORK AND PATIENCE RULE THE WORLD"
IT'S long way to go girl ....
ALL THE BEST !!!
your friend @BHAVYA
This is quite good. Maybe all the writers need to write such personal accounts about why they chose to write in the first place. It's a good way to keep the morale high and be free from doubts.
I didn't get these lines: 'Knowing my name, my whole life, my story, is not important. Nor will it ever be for me.' Did you refer to your readers in the first line then to yourself in the next? I would like to know what you meant here.
This was a good read.
Hi Plain!
"Writing is a manner of life, a lifestyle I require" speaks a lot to me. I've found that writing can function as a habit, a state of mind. It happens a lot that I can't get myself to start writing — I procrastinate the heck out of it — because part of me keeps reminding me that whatever I write will be trash at the end of the day. I don't think it's purely self-loathing, I do understand that I have a long long way to go in terms of learning to write/mastering the craft. But when I'm on a streak, for a couple days or weeks, it gets easier to write, to let it flow. On the contrary, there have been times when I didn't write for months.
That's enough/too much about me. But the article did make me think about my own feelings about writing.
I'm not looking to be famous.
I want to be a writer. How about you?
. <3Hi!
I once read on one of the dozens (possibly hundreds) of writing articles i've read this -
If you write, you're a writer!
I take a huge amount of courage in that. And just because there are millions of writers doesn't mean you'll get left behind! I don't really get how people write in their spare hours as a hobby either, writing governs my whole life. I, personally, want to be famous because I want to be appreciated and my books bought and loved .
And you shouldn't be embarrassed about writing, even if it's bad! Writers are higher beings swayed by unnameable forces, we are what drives the world! (Slightly exaggerated. But true. The ideas expressed through writing are everywhere you look) And just because you're not where you think you should be doesn't mean you're not a good writer! (And exact where you're suppose to be) I feel, personally, I'm a bit lack luster as a writer but try not to let it bother me because I know i'm ten times harder on myself and my writing than anyone else would be. Your own opinion of what you create is biased And don't be afraid to shout how you're a writer everywhere you go because writers are plain amazing!
Editing your writing can be a great thing, I should definitely do it more, but it sounds like you restrict your writers voice. Be kind to your words, they're delicate and can be injured if prodded to aggressively. Your unique voice triumphs over correct grammar any day by a thousand percent. It's what separates writers from. Well. Computers.
And I can say, whatever you've heard about the euphoria of the last word, it's completely true. I've birthed two messy book babies, Traveler (370 pg.) and Forever in the Tunnels (399 pg.) The feeling of completing a book after working for months, spending hours frustrated over your story and even more slapping away at the keyboard, the feeling afterwards is of ultimate triumph. And then, when you start getting embarrassed over writing you can just think to yourself "I'm not only a writer but also an author." Only a teeny tiny percent of people who want to start a book or have started one actually make it to the last page, so take it as a challenge. Nothing can stop you except maybe a serial killer!
Trust me. I think it all the time, then laugh at how high and mighty I feel.
As for this piece as a art work? It's a bit short for an essay, a bit tight. However many times you've edited it, it shows! Loosen up and let your voice show! This could easily be turned into a long, questiony poem. Or even a little narrative passage. The base is great, lots of questions to build on, but you need to breath some life into the stiff sentences, add some painfully overused metaphors, a newly formatted one that doesn't quite make sense. There is no shame in it, I've done it a million times, knowing it's terrible as I write them down. I continue on though, that's the only way to do it. You could also state the question, then put directly underneath it how exactly it makes you feel and why, anything you want!
Overall? Have fun! Writing is how you express yourself. Don't edit yourself out of the picture you created, you belong there!
WRITER'S RULE!
(I used about two bucket fulls of exclamation point in this. AM I ASHAMED. No. Well, maybe a little bit, but no I will not edit them out!!!!!)
AndName
You're welcome I feel the same way about the two different worlds. I think of it like how the keyboard can't judge me so I don't hold anything back like I do in the real world. But heres some cheesy advice. You have to learn from your mistakes. They matter as much as your victories, even more, because they shape who you are by how you learn from them. And like I said earlier, I've written two novels. And I'm the only one who'd read a page of either. I'm still waiting for the magical beams of confidence but right now i'm celebrating the small steps of progress I'm making which, I think, is the beginning steps to being a confident writer.
A hoy hoy,
I have to agree with everything you've said here. Writing is the best thing in the world and anyone who says otherwise, well, have fun being stuck here on Earth.
I've always thought of it as a way to empty your mind and let even more ideas take their place. When I really get into the zone, I don't even feel as if I'm writing sentences anymore. I soaring through a world that until now had been locked away in my head.
The biggest hurdled I ever faced when I started writing more as hobby instead of just a vague interest was starting and not going back. Six months ago I made myself swear to write 100 words every day, this then slowly evolved to 200 and then 300 and each word went towards the longest drabble of nonsense I'd ever written. It was the best thing I'd ever written despite being terrible. It made me realise that I did love what I was doing and helped my writing progress to what it is today.
I decided to finally let the document go after I got just over 40 000 words and I started writing a proper story that had a beginning, middle and end. I call it a short story though it did end up being almost 14 000 and covered 25 A4 pages.
I have much more to say but I feel this comment is becoming too long.
Is it okay if I make this a review? Y'know, points and all.
In summary;
Writing. It's good.
- H.G
.I know what you mean. Though sometimes, knowing your name, life, story, can help your story. Say, you can make a character that is like you, or what you want to be yourself...in this case, a writer.
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