Do all writers Love Writing for the love of writing?
I can’t really remember when I started writing. All I know is there was something about writing this mermaid story, something about the words and the ideas I had flowing across the screen. I never had a love for writing but around 6 years ago I joined a website called Booksie. There I realized I wanted to become a ‘famous’ writer. I’ve always perused internet fame. I’ve always wanted to be an inspiration for others.
Writing has been a blessing and a curse for me. I enjoy writing and it helps me relax; at the same time writing has made me feel some of my lowest moments and helped me feel some of my greatest highs. I found myself obsessively judging my writing off of how others critiqued it. At the time I was a thirteen year old kid; of course I found myself so worried and focused on what every other little person had to say about something that I created.
The first story I ever wrote was titled “The Tattoo’s on My Heart” It was a stereotypical book where the first chapter the main character wakes up to an alarm clock. There were so many mistakes and my entire first chapter was probably only four-hundred words. I cringe at the idea of the story and I was quickly able to adjust my writing by reading other novels. Soon after I slowly began writing a novel titled ‘Aqua Waters’.
This was the mermaid novel mentioned up above. This novel was my child and honestly still to this day. I’ve been working on ‘Aqua Waters’ Probably since 2014. I haven’t finished the novel and sometimes that freaks me out. I strive to finish it but I find myself judging it too harshly. ‘Aqua Waters’ has undergone 3 rewrites and is in the stages of another one. For some reason it's the story I battle with every single day.
I’m currently 19 years old. Writing has been such a huge part of my life, but I feel like I’ve gone literally no-where with it. I don’t have a finished novel, though I’ve tried plenty of times. I’m currently still trying and one day I think I will finally make it.
My goals as a writer are very much just to complete a novel. I’d love to say I write for myself, but I enjoy the interaction that comes along with writing a novel on a website such as Wattpad. That’s why I left Booksie shortly after finding Wattpad. Wattpad was, and is, a writing community where you can truly share who you really are. I’ve never seen a place so accepting and pure. That helps me Love Writing.
I’m not sure I will ever not be so harsh on myself and my writing, but I do know if I will keep pushing through something will always draw me back to writing. Something will always make me want to stay up late listening to Frank Sinatra while writing a spectacular adventure of a mermaid who didn’t know she was; or a girl who has never found love because she is too busy working with love.
Writing is a skill and if you don’t always continue to work on it then you’ll always only slowly progress. So to answer the question I began this with, ‘Do all writers love writing for the love of writing?’ I’d answer this question with a 'no' but from writer to another writer; are there really any rules?
Written By: Brittani
