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The Writer in Me - Plans, Aspirations, Fears and Status

Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2024

Prompt 5. Sept 5.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. -- Dr. Seuss
Tell us more about the writer in you. Plans/Aspirations/Fears/Status etc?

I love Dr. Seuss. I have written for as long as I can remember. I remember writing stories, albeit not very good ones, about perfect children in perfect families. I was trying to deal with my own family and the breakup of my parents. Writing helped me deal with the issues that were coming up for me.

In high school I wrote a lot of poetry. It helped me make sense of the big emotions that were swirling in my adolescent self.

In University I found the magazine Writer's Digest and used to devour it each Tuesday at the beginning of the month when it came in to the pharmacy in the University Center. I still have my first issue. It has been a regular companion since then and that was 1986.

I wrote off and on over the years since then. My stories took on more of the structure of a real story. It was not until November of 2012 that I started to become more serious about my writing aspirations and joined NaNoWriMo for the first time. Writing for myself was all well and good, but I wanted to share my stories. Doing NaNoWriMo proved to me that I could do it and there were other people around me willing to take the creative dive too.

Finding like minded creative souls had me searching for stuff online and that is where I found Wriitng.com. In March of 2013 I joined with a free account. I was too overwhelmed to do much and I tended to poke in and quickly leave. It was not until just before the birthday celebration that year (2013) that I started to get more involved. I have logged in everyday since.

I've seen my writing skill grow and my stories flourish. I've learned so much here at Writing.com. After several years, I started to branch out. I found in person writing groups in my area that would get together and write together. I also joined the Ninja Writers - another online website that teaching classes online.

I have not published anything yet, I hit a little snag with my identity being stolen and I am still working on fixing that, but I found it was a punch to the gut. A lot of my writing was on OneDrive and that account was stolen. I'm still working on getting it back and finding my way back into those stories.

I also have blogs I wanted to compile into a book, but they are on Medium and I don't have access to that account right now either. It's a work in process. The stress of the situation has thrown a wrench into my progression, but it has not stopped me.

I am taking on challenges like writing a poem and a short story a month with another website Deadlines for Writers.

Once I get my Amazon account back, I may look into self publishing some of my work there and see how it fares in a wider audience.

For now, while I heal from the experience and gain back some of the confidence I had I will enjoy Writing.com knowing this in my original online home and it will always have a special, important place in my heart.

Onward and upward is my progress. One step at a time. Having like minded creative souls in my corner also helps me take the risks my writing needs. Thanks for being part of that Writing.com.

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