Casey (Indefinitely Inactive)’s Comments (group member since Aug 24, 2023)

Casey (Indefinitely Inactive)’s comments from the ✍🏻 Writers in the Areaaaaaaa ✍🏻 group.

Np 😊

Don't compare your unfinished Work-In-Progress with someone's Masterpiece.

This is a paraphrased quote from Jessica Brody's Save the Cat! Writes a Novel. Excellent book. 100% recommended it. I wrote a review that better state its contents, for anyone who wants to check it out.

This is just a journal entry from June, when I started my self teaching journey in the writing craft. I was depressed, in a way and I needed to reallign my goals. Here it is, mostly unedited:

The beginning is difficult. It starts all the way down there, at the bottom, in the dark, with all the voices telling you that nothing you're doing is good enough. Want a punch? It's not. You aren't good enough yet. You just thought you were the genius who'd ride through picking up lessons like ripe fruit.

No.

You start in the desert. Or the barren land with all your flaws on your back, surrounded by the beautiful gardens of your neighbours. Dry soil and cracked earth. Just you and a pile of dirt. Maybe your sweat can help you prepare the soil to be tilled by your un-worked hands? I'd say your spit if your mouth wasn't so dry from swallowing your pride.

It's almost laughable how immortal you are when you crave death. You bake in the sun for days before realising it's only been 24 hours and you'll live to suffer another. Do you envy your neighbour's garden? The plan you drew up doesn't mattter now. The rules have changed. Ambition killed you-made you starve on your wasteland and kept it barren. Now it's time for survival. Whoever has what you need, is the person that can help. In the end no hands will do the work but your own.

Clear the soil, plant the seed, fail, start over; weed this time, hurt yourself, watch it all die; start again, and look at that first small bud. This kind of victory will help you do it for love. You could grow this whole garden- nurture it in health- because of the hope of seeing that first green, little sprout. Do you even remember why you took this less comfortable journey to begin with?

Why do you do this? To live another person's dream and become them?

Why do you write? Why?

-End-

I'd love to know why you guys write, too. I still tell myself two things to stay focused and aligned with my goals:

1. Stop trying to sound competent. Just tell the story.

2. There's not much to tell, if I'm not trying to say anything.

I really hope to help people with stories one day. But I'm on the way to learning how to do that better 😆

Yeah, it is. All sorts of weird things come out 😂 And that's almost the best part; that I'm not apprehensive of what I'm writing afterward.

Thanks! 😊 I haven't got any finished works and I'm not doing any serious work on a book so I've been doing quite a few writing prompts lately.

Sorry, I'm not sure that I understood the assignment 😅 So I deleted my comment 😓 Are we supposed to share our Work-in-Progress or like our really serious polished works that we intend to publish some day?

Or can we also do writing prompts? 😃

I love freewriting 🥰 I set a timer for 5 minutes before every writing session and just freewrite. Then I'm loosened up for all upcoming work 😁 It's like stretching before a workout.

Welcome Kaitlyn! 😊

I've never done this before either 😅

I'm here! I just saw the message! Sorry I'm late 😣

Hi Cari! Nice to meet you 🙂

🫢Nora😍 (Jacks frvr my HUSBAND) wrote: "welcome Casey and Emma!!!! So happy you're here (:"

Thank you, Nora 😊 Happy to join.

Who is Emma? wrote: "Greetings, everyone :)

I'm Emma! I'm currently in college pursuing a degree in Creative Writing. I've loved to write ever since I was little, and the current college courses I'm taking are helpin..."

Emma 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾🥳🥳 Welcome!

Hi, I'm Casey 👋🏾 I'm a Christian and hope to make Christ central to my writing journey. I'm trying my best to teach myself writing with whatever resources available 😊

I hope I can be of help to others and I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone and learn from you all. Although I'm kind of shy 🤭 And Mollie invited me 🩷 Thanks Mollie!