Finished the First of Many · 5:52am Dec 20th, 2012
I was finally able to click on the "complete" bubble in the story editing menu. Ah, what a liberating feeling it is to finish your first story, bittersweet that it is over, yet the exciting prospects of a new tale fill my mind like Cheerios in a bowl on Friday morning. As I reflect upon my past writings, I discover that there are many things I could have done better: beef up the plot, descriptions, and probably drag out the conflict a little more. Even though I'm aware of my shortcomings, a part of me bids me to move on, to only look at the past for a while and to move on in my career as a writer. I hope my next story will pay penance for the sins of past writings.
Before, I thought writing English and speaking it were one in the same. I was wrong, dead wrong. In the short time of taking writing seriously, I have found that there is an immense number of maxims and theories and rules separate from the spoken word. Within the written word is an identity all its own, and is a brother to the spoken word; no matter how close they are to one another, they are separate and distinct beings. In realizing this, there are still several things I wish I could do better, and many facets of writing that are still hidden to me. I am determined to seek them out, share them, and use them to exalt the words projected on the virtual page.
Always Sincerely,
The Music Man
