Hi friends/new readers! For this post, I read A Fable for the Living: a short story about people writing letters to the deceased; which brings us to the purpose of what I'll be writing in this blog post: a letter to my author's self. In the story, usually people writing letters to deceased family or friends made them feel better, which I could definitely relate to with this assignment, it felt inspiring writing this letter, and I hope when reading it you can hopefully can something out of it too :)
Dear Veronica, Wow.. it's been a minute since we last talked, months? A year? from all the past 'diary' entries- usually filled with bad events and sadness, it's honestly refreshing, writing this casual letter to you. I don't.. mind writing, I usually just get nervous my personal stories will sound boring or I'll have trouble putting it together, but I actually really need to do it sometimes. I love being able to get all my shit and thoughts down onto a piece of paper, it's almost therapeutic for me, but, I know I've been neglectful of doing it recently. Our relationship hasn't been too good.. it's been almost like a storm, every time when I write its dark, intense, and heavy, which I'm sorry, you don't deserve that.. But, it's a new year, which means a new start at your writing, you have had many positive things that have happened and are going to happen; finding out you have a sister, going on a cruise with your family and concerts with friends this summer, events that you are able to write about and be able to experience those happy moments again, you don't have to make writing just a negative routine for you. In order to keep up with you this year Veronica, my first step will be sure to start working on my blogs a few days in advance before it's due (starting with the next one ;) ) procrastination is absolutely our worst trait, as a writer and student, but getting all of our thoughts and ideas down beforehand will help fix that. My next step is just writing a few times a week, if it's just something that made your day or something bad that happened, anything to get your mind thinking and having a pen onto a piece of paper,and of course to enjoy it as well! Writing shouldn’t seem like a chore for you as you’ve already done it in your free time. Lastly, this final step is to not overthink, I know it'll be hard but, stressing and doubting your writing isn't going to make any improvements of yourself as a writer Veronica, you already know you have the skill and determination, just be confident and do it, you got this. Sincerely, Crisa Krouse
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Sabatino
2/3/2020 07:40:44 am
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Sabatino
2/3/2020 12:12:25 pm
This metaphor stood out to me: "Our relationship hasn't been too good.. it's been almost like a storm, every time when I write its dark, intense, and heavy, which I'm sorry, you don't deserve that.. But, it's a new year, which means a new start at your writing..."
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Ashley Gaylor
2/6/2020 10:54:34 am
I loved reading your letter. Again, it related to me a lot. I also write when I am sad or something dark happens. I learned that journaling helped me step outside the real world because it let me get my frustrations out. I hope this new year brings both of us happiness and something brighter to write about :) Also, Congrats on the finding out you have a sister thing!! The same thing happened to me two years ago but it was a brother! Reading your work is almost like reading mine, its crazy!
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2/6/2020 11:00:16 am
I like you're positive attitude to your author-self on how you see things only improving and getting better with your writing. Taking the subject of English and writing in general from a positive perspective and view point is very important to do when writing or even reading too.
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Bill Lewis
2/8/2020 05:25:50 pm
I can relate to the procrastination part of your letter, I too am terrible about starting any of my homework early.
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