Writing…
You know most times people see that word they groan.
‘Why did my English teacher assign this paper?’
‘Why do I have to write a story about my summer?’
My question? Why not?
You remember writing about your summer way back in grade one right? How did you feel? Was it a great story of all that you experienced? Was is a short story because you stayed home and gamed all day?
Honestly that was me, staying home, and gaming. Until my grade 11 year, I was not a fan of writing, maybe a sudden spurt of inspiration, but no real drive to get words to paper and dive into a make believe world where I was in control. I’d lost it, but thanks to my teacher, I was drawn back into it.
Now look at me, I can seem to stop, and it’s one of the things no one really knows about me. Though I want to keep it that way, I won’t be able to keep this secret for long. Meh, I don’t care much for that anymore.
So for all of you want to be writers out there, but you’re too scared to do anything with it, just give it a try, you never quite know what you’ll produce. Sure it won’t be a bestselling novel, but it will be yours and that’s worth writing for in the first place!
Want to get started?
What’s keeping you?
www.fanfiction.net or www.deviantart.com or www.fictionpress.net
Three sites with full communities of support! You’ll be getting praise from people you don’t even know, and that’s the next best thing to writing a novel if you ask me.
Give yourself a five minute free-write, about the first thing that pops into your head. Pick some ideas out of that list and build a story around it. Maybe it’s a memory, maybe it’s an action, maybe is a fan based interpretation of your favorite game!
Writing lets ‘disappear’ from your life as you describe your characters.
I’m waiting for your first chapter!
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