Making Dreams Come True entry for November 2023. |
The above image from ruwth immediately makes me think back to my own time on the site during the same period. Based on Ruwth’s CR at the time (14!), I assume it was probably within a few years of when she first created her account in January 2009. That was right around the time I was starting to “come out of my shell” here at Writing.com as well. I originally joined the site back in February 2003, but for a good five years I just kind of dabbled here and there. I created a few short stories and explored the site a bit, but I mostly kept to myself. 2008 was when I started to get actively involved in multiple areas of the site in earnest. I started entering contests and I joined a few groups to see what they were about. By 2010, I was running multiple contests and activities, and this period of time from 2008 to 2012 or so was probably my most productive on the site to date, at least from a writing standpoint. By 2013, I had been promoted to Senior Moderator and was spending most of my time running activities and managing groups, helping Staff and other Moderators keep the site running efficiently, and doing a whole bunch of other administrative-type things. Around that time, my professional life also took off and I found myself with real responsibilities at work for the first time, which required more than just sitting in front of a computer in my own world. While I don’t really have any regrets per se, I do miss the time period on the site that this image captures, which feels like the height of both the site’s dynamism and my own participation and writing efforts. I suppose part of me wishes I could go back or reclaim a part of that. —————————— 312 words Written For: "Making Dreams Come True!" Picture Prompt: see above |