Recently I had a talk with one of my friends who was nervous about posting her story online. She loves to write but always gets nervous whenever someone asks to read it. Her, and I quote, words were “what if they don’t like it?”. My response was that you can’t please everyone, and that the most important thing was that she enjoyed it. However, she was still nervous, so I let her know about those entry level story contests on Wattpad. A couple days later she called me saying that she joined and that she had a lot of fun. Gone was her nervousness and in its place was a little more confidence.
I had a similar experience. I didn’t have any of that nervousness, but I got told in the comment section of my story about a story contest going on and that I should join. “Why not?” I thought and entered in my story. Of course, I snooped around and voted for stories I liked that were also listed in the same contest as me. I didn’t win but I had a lot of fun. Not only that, I also got to talk to an author I followed/adored.
That’s the beauty of writing. There are no witch hunts, only constructive criticism. No matter what your job or age is you can create a story and most of us that love to write welcome that with open arms. Your story doesn’t have to be a novel (or a series of novels) to be enjoyed.
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Product: Notebook
Feature: 100 pages, green and white, Striped, spiral
Benefit: Write stories, draw characters and maps (anything to do with stories), jote down chapter thoughts, physical backup.
Product: 5 x 7 flat cards
Feature: Small, carriable, and green.
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Feature: Small, carriable, white, striped, and look like mini pieces of notebook paper (easy to write on).
Benefit: Can be carried anywhere while take up less space then a notebook but still allows you to write down bursts of inspiration from walking or doing something when away form a notebook or computer.
