STORY STARTER

Submitted by Margaret Sok

“You’ve caused me so much pain, yet the love I feel for you blinds me of it!”

Write a story which includes this line.

Okay So…

I should probably start writing something instead of constantly saying:

“Wowzers, sorry I’ve been dead and haven’t posted anything in weeks!!!”

I’m just gonna go over stuff.

1. I’m taking a break from RavenWoods. (Well I have been)

Don’t get me wrong, I love that series and I have a ton of fun writing it, but only about half of the people who made characters for it originally have vanished and I haven’t heard a word from them. As for the ones who do still read it, thank you so much :)

Another thing, there are tons of writings I work on outside of this app, and I’ve been really focused on those for awhile. So RavenWoods kind’ve got shoved aside.

2. Warrior Cats.

I don’t think I need to explain.

If you don’t know, just go to the website, (www.warriorcats.com)

and look at how many books there are.

3. Other apps are getting a lot of my attention.

By “other apps” I mean Ibis Paint X.

I’ve just been doing a lot of stuff on there recently.

4. Video games.

Listen, its finally summer and I can hibernate in my domain (AKA, my room) and start sniping people with a heavy sniper in Fortnite.

5. I’ve run out of ideas for this app.

I’m sure I can brew a whole kingdom of characters if I wanted.

So by “running out of ideas”

I mean I’m tired of pouring ideas into this app to only get like five reads and two likes.

Like I said in reason one, I usually spend about two hours on each RavenWoods part

(yes I know that’s a skill issue).

6. Doubting and being lazy.

Yes, I know that literally nobody asked and is probably getting ready to pull out some,

“I searched the whole universe and couldn’t find who asked”

I know I sound very ungrateful, lazy, and whiny, and I apologize for that, it just makes me feel upset when I work hard on something only for it to get a single like and a few reads.

(Thank you so much btw if you do like my writings :))

I’m going to delete my other lazy “posts” about me basically dying and forgetting this app for weeks to months. I think this is good enough to sum all of those up.

So, what’s the point in this particular apology for constantly leaving?

Because I just don’t know what to do anymore.

I know people need breaks, but I’ve most DEFINITELY taken way more breaks than I deserve.

For example, I write something, evaporate for three weeks, come back and apologize; repeat.

A.J.Kit is doing GREAT at consistently writing and doing stuff on other apps daily, while I have just been a limp piece of prey who has one foot in the grave.

Being an author requires constant work and dedication, and I WANT to have that.

I WANT to say that I’d write everyday but I just can’t.

I WANT to be able to do what other authors can, heck, the authors of Warrior Cats have written over a hundred books and aren’t stopping.

I DON’T WANT to be lazy.

Everytime I even think of not being worthy enough to be an author I feel legitimate pain,

because without being an author I’m nothing, sure I have other talents but is being decent at Fortnite and knowing the history of Nintendo going to do me any good? I also feel like it’s what God is telling to do

(Which is an absolute WIN because this is what I want to do also).

But anyways, I’m going to try and post more often than I have been. If I don’t stick to that, it’ll probably be because I’m working on something but haven’t finished it yet.

Anyways, cya around, and have a blessed day/night! :)

Comments 2

A.J. Kit

6 months ago

Don’t worry, friend. I’ve been struggling writing on this app and such, and loosing motivation.

I’ve been trying to work on my novel, but sometimes it feels like someone stuck a straw through me and slurped out all of my creativity.

On IbisPaint, I feel guilty when I take a break because when I come back ppl are like “are u ded” and I’m way down on the leader board, but sometimes it’s best to just take a break and reset.

I also get that sometimes we write stories outside of this, and begin to forget about this app too. I have just now started to post again on this, and I’ve already sort of lost my motivation AGAIN. It definitely is discouraging when you spend like 3 hours on something and you get 2 reads and 1 like (which happen to me a bunch-)

It definitely is easy to compare ourselves to others, but we need to remember that God gave everyone different talents and writing styles.

I hope this helps a little, I’m horrible at motivational writing lol. 😆

Jewelie Rain

6 months ago

I totally understand where you are coming from. It’s invalidating when you only get minimal reads/likes on something you spent a long time on. I know comparing yourself, especially on the app, is really easy to do, but writing consistently everyday isn’t for everyone and it doesn’t have to be! I didn’t write consistently until this app which was less than a year ago for me. I assume you are younger than me (I’m 21), which means you have a lot of time to write! Your whole life! You can direct your time to your other interests! And when inspiration strikes, you can write! Someone I follow on Instagram always talks about how you don’t have to read a lot or write a lot to be an author. I felt so relieved with that sentiment since it is so much pressure when you think you have to write a whole bunch just to have that status as an author or writer. You can go at your own pace which will be different from others!

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Hello there! Nice to meet you! I dream of one day becoming an author, this app is perfect to show other people what I like to do! My bff is A.J.Kit! Go give her amazing writings a read to! I’m also aroace, and I love the series Warriors Cats!