Alright, I’m a budding writer, getting back to what I’m most passionate about…writing a good story. When I was a teenager, I would read every book I could get my hands on. I would let my imagination take me into the world of whichever book I was reading, and it was like in some way I was a part of that book. I remember walking to the library every day to pick up a new book and return a finished one. I did this even when pregnant with my first child. My favorite authors were, hands down were Jackie Collins, Eric Jerome Dickey (R.I.P), Terry McMillan, and Zane.
I connected with the stories told by these authors and I knew I felt something every time I read their work. I wanted to be a writer and tell my stories just like them. So, I wrote poems, short stories, dirty limericks anything I could think of to get the tales in my head on paper. I kept writing new stories every day and they were good (of course they were), but I would never finish them, I would get a new idea and shelve the old one leaving my readers (family) to wonder how my stories would end.
I graduated High school, college, had kids, got married and through all of that my writing took a back seat to life and for years my passion would sit in a box in the basement waiting for me to have time. My children are self-sufficient adults and do not require 24/7 care. I now have the time to dust off that box and see what I can really do.
But, where do I start?
Enter Vocal.media.com. Vocal is something like a social platform for supporting, discovering, and rewarding creators. A site that also states that you can earn money for writing. This site is exactly what I need to get back into writing and if I could get paid even better.
Speaking of being paid. Vocal has these challenges that put a writer’s creativity to the test. A writer could win anywhere between $250 to $20,000 among other goodies and prizes. I have not won (yet), but I notice my writing is getting better with each story. My first two were written at 1:30 in the morning and were not my best work. It’s still posted...let me know what you think.
I recommend that if you have a passion for writing whether it is for poetry or short stories that you try Vocal. As I work to promote my stories I realize that I may actually have what it takes to be a creative writer and that works for me.
Have you recently returned to or started a passion project? Are you an aspiring writer? Let me know in the comments what your passions are.
Check out my stories HERE on Vocal.
Until next time
Anissa Marie
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