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Can I say it? I’m baaaaaaaaaack! Miss me? I haven’t been very dedicated to PnP recently, for all kinds of reasons, but I can truthfully say I’m back. Although, this time around the reason I haven’t been around is a more positive reason than the last time.
I was getting tired of lack of feedback and that sort of thing, so I joined another writing site. It’s a fan fiction site, so it only gets the run-off of my creativity but there’s good reading material and I’ve made myself a good reputation. Whenever I “review” stories there (their version of commenting) and I bring the commenting skills I developed on PnP with me the authors are always so grateful.
If it weren’t for PnP, I can truthfully say I wouldn’t be an avid writer. Writing is a dedication for me and I have numerous motivations. While a career in writing would be a dream come true for me, I plan on trying to follow a more solid career path in the as I approach the later years of my schooling, but I’m not going to worry about where I’ll stand then. Whether I go to college or not, and if so for what is something to extremely important to think about but I’m not going to drive myself nuts over it.
I’ve been reading a book “Careers for Writers” in school and the author said writing is entirely done for only one person: and that’s the author. But I strongly disagree to that. When I write, even when I don’t feel like it because I’m not in the mood for the specific story I’m being requested for an update of, I’ll still try working on it. And when I do, I’m thinking of the person who wanted to read more.
In general, when I write I think of Mehrina, my best friend, as she’s my most dedicated reader. Now I’m also thinking of other random people who email me or review my works and say, “post more soon!” or “keep updating so quick!” because things like that give me the confidence to keep writing. The idea of brightening a person’s day, even a little, is my main motivation for writing. Passive things I also want to accomplish are making a few of my friends enjoy my work and even become an equal in writing skill to some of them.
I get confidence in my writing skill when I look at my older works. The fact I’ve visibly improved makes me feel good about myself. I don’t fool myself though, no matter how much I learn or how my overall style develops there’s always room for improvement. Recently, I haven’t been getting many picks at any grammatical mistakes I make and, in truth, I miss that. I’ve found myself looking at criticism differently and I know I make some grammatical errors. When I proofread I notice them, but the idea that they’re not as plentiful or critical as they were in the past also inspires me to keep writing.
The reason I stand where I do is because I was able to develop my writing skills here on PnP. Though a lot of my “generation” of authors that joined around me that I was friends with have dissipated, and many have neglected PnP this last year or so, I don’t want to be like that. I can understand why interest wavers but I feel as though I owe PnP too much for helping me become who I am to do that. I also think of all the authors that have recently joined the site that need feedback to gain enough confidence to present their work in other circles and continue to pursue their goals here on PnP.
While this is partly my current events and may seem that my sentiments of confidence mentioned above are a little out of place, to me they aren’t. I had no confidence in my writing a little over a year ago and if I didn’t show my work to anybody for months. This made me unmotivated to write and I started doing other things with my time. While I still do the things I started doing then, like baking and costume-making, I’m balance it out with writing.
Out of my daily and weekly activities, writing gives me the most pride as I know there’s the chance I made things just a little better for another person, improved their mood a bit, or just gave them a little time to relax and drift off to another world with my words inspires me to get through all the frustrating or mundane things that drive me nuts.
I am happy in the place I stand. There are always minor problems but I’m far better off than I was last year, for all sorts of reasons. I’ll be spending more time on PnP now, and I hope to maintain the reputation I have here. Thanks for reading. Arigato gozaimasu. *Japanese-style bow, curtains close*
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