Splashing In Puddles of Sand

Passions

Mi inspired me to write about something I love: writing.

For years English teachers have told me I should consider being a writer. I never paid any attention to them because, lets just say, they weren't Pulitzer prize winners themselves. But I've always loved writing. It's been one of those secret passions of mine.

Writing's always been really private for me, it's something that is me and my own world and it's only for me and my own world. I have so many things I've written, my hard-drive is exhausted pulling up old 500-page-long files that I've written over the years. I never really envisioned them becoming that long, I just started writing one day, and I couldn't stop. So I have a few things full of my hopes and fears and secrets and then again, things that are totally fictional. But will anyone ever read them? HELL NO! It's just a boundary that I cant let anyone ever cross.

That's why I dont know if I ever could be a novel writer...the thought of all your time, but more importantly your emotions, your thoughts, your fears, your dreams, your everything getting torn apart by an editor, by a critic, by a reader...it's horrific. It's hard for me to find a book I really like, I have high standards...maybe because I do believe I could do much better. I don't know....

I started writing for a website a few months ago to see if I actually could write well enough. I thought I might write one or two pieces and that would be enough to prove how bad I was. But the opposite happened. My editor Emme has helped to guide me and shower me with amazing knowledge that has helped me grow as a writer, so that's good. I'm glad I faced my fear by finally letting someone else read something I've written. And now I've got a few things for my writer's portfolio :)

I dont know what I'll be in the future...I could become a journalist, I might just write on the side, maybe the only things I'll write are World Bank and United Nation's reports clearing Third World Debt :) We'll see......

posted by Oreo @ 8:50 PM