A Young Writing Desk
Wow, what a year!
Coronavirus is the biggest shut-down of the World in recent history, so unfathomable and unforeseen. Businesses, expectations, goals, and aspirations went to the drain. It is well.
I believe this New Year will bring greater joy than the previous year did.
My heart goes out to those who lost someone to the virus, may God uphold us, Amen.
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If there was anything this (sticking my fingers to myself) young writer has learned last year, is life is too short to wait for it to happen to you, it just might not ever come. The merchants of Covid-19 have made sure to transform these words from the pages of motivational books into stack reality, creating a compulsory binary system of life and death, actions, and inactions.
I stumbled and fell. I questioned myself, asked if being a writer was the path for me, more than ever, I wanted to have a win, an email congratulating me of my wins, and I with the biggest smile on my face and arms stretched, recognition and money on palms.
I was supposed to be enjoying the process as I have read from countless authors. how ridiculous it sounded at first, but now, I understand.
Rejections, self-doubt, fear, and confusion are part of the treadmill of being a successful writer, hold on.
So, I did, I am still doing.
I learned I could be a writer and a doctor if I so choose, or a chef, a doctor, or a computer programmer. Writing is a bridge between all your interests, multiple ones.
I remember the fear with which I posted my first article on medium, Self-struggle (I would love that you read it because it shows a difference between the way I wrote and now). Fast-forward to now, things are not so bad.
With this knowledge, I grew every day; I got to consciously and intentionally pick out lessons from my situations, writing them down and daring for more.
Now, for this writer, has it been rosy? No
Have I gotten paid for my writings? Yes, in good words and airtime.
I TRIED PUBLISHING FOR SOME WEBSITES — AND I GOT REJECTED. I was discouraged especially as I wrote for a particular website FOUR TIMES!
Four times was a lot for, oh! the premium tears.
But putting my writings out was not as bad as I initially fore-thought, particularly as I shouldered that part to be the hardest.
For us newbies, it is the publishing part that looks like the biggest task, after which we immediately expect handshakes and accolades. we are not expecting rejections, I was not expecting rejections.
I received rejections, tons of them, and still receiving; now, four times is but a number.
Then The Writer Practice blog, one of my favorites blogs (A GREAT WEBSITE FOR WRITERS WHO ARE FINDING THEIR FOOTINGS) put up a challenge. 100 rejections this year.
How?
Let me explain:
You are to publish or submit your writings to the world by whatever means, “get your writing rejected 100 times. To be rejected 100 times, you have to have submitted your articles 100 times”.
I AM READY TO JUMP RIGHT IN!
(I will document the process here, stay tuned).
LET THE CHALLENGE BEGIN.
