The writing aspect does exist somewhere.

Okay. First off, I need to get this off my chest. I live in a world of giving up and not trying. If you write and improve and do it seriously, with the plotting/pantsing, editing, rewriting, and the whole nine yards, if someone turns you down, it doesn't make you a bad writer.

I started writing at the age of the nine and...well, duh...it was not that good, to say nicely. Just like your first piece will not be terrific unless you have some magical gene or talent or something. Just like you won't score the winning shot of a NBA game unless you have epic beginner's luck.

Also, for the love of every piece of writing out there, do not compare yourself to anyone but your older pieces. Imagine comparing Beethoven to Pitbull. What do you think will happen? Sheer opposites and people will look at you like "What? Isn't that a movie?" (however, the composer is the one in the example).

You remember that good old phrase? "You are unique." Well, miss anti-Mary Sue (or anti-mister Typical Peter), so are you! (hah. that rhymed) So, when you write your story of goblins and dinos or monsters or paranormal or creepy pasta or romance or syfy or WHATEVER your heart pleases, don't think "this person is better than I am" because your writing is the best YOU can do, so it doesn't matter if the person next to you can write good romance! Maybe you're awesome at horror and that person can only write "She died from the axe murder. People cried and screamed. THE END!:D" I mean, that's about all I can do. So keep on doing what you do best which is writing YOUR stuff! Strut your stuff! You are you. So, for the love of literature, please never down yourself because you think you're not good enough.

If you enjoy writing then, please, by all means, write! You only  become better through practice. And if writing is only a hobby for you, great! You don't need to write just to give your pieces out to the public. They're as private or out there as you want them, so do what you love.

And also, goodness, how many authors have been published the FIRST manuscript they send in? Keep trying with whatever you do, whether it's writing or anything else you love to do.

A Life of a Writing Bookworm in Pain

One of the greatest parts of being a developing writer is my excuse to procrastinate: school. However, what do I use as an excuse to avoid schoolwork?: writing, of course. Needless to say, both have been startled to a grinding halt as I simply struggle to wake in the morning and then trudge through the rest of the day with pain radiating throughout my body with sharp stabs of sudden, unnecessary jabs of pain.

So when you feel like death, and someone says to you in those shiny white coats and baby blue face masks that "Nothing appears to be wrong", what would you say?

 

Exactly. It's like "Really? REALLY?"

 

 

Anyways, being busy is such a big butthead. If I'm not drowning in AP testing, schoolwork, or writing, I'm definitely drowning in pain. So, needless to say, doing camp this year for July should be one heck of a journey.

 

I just really need to start a club for the "Doctors Say Nothing's Wrong so Let's Go Die in Peace". Not really die. But it gets the idea across. Having doctors scratch their heads at your predicament is probably one of the most frustrating experiences I have ever had to deal with. You wanna kick and scream and run around until you put Spongebob to shame with his super-speed costume. Of course, then if you're like me you won't be able to move for a week.

 

But I do know this summer I have homework on top of editing two novellas, writing a novel (and plotting it, too. shoot), and keeping up with all the college things because OHMYGOD COLLEGE IS SCARY. *hides*