Oh, writing. How I love to hate thee.
I’m kidding! Most of the time…
Writing and I have had a long journey together. We’ve been through a lot over the years, and I can honestly say we’ve become friends. We’ve gone through painful essays, to public blog posts, poetry Instagram accounts, to this very piece you’re reading now.
I’ve always enjoyed writing for pleasure. Since I was ten years old I always had short stories, poems, and many diaries to bounce between when I grew bored of television. I liked to write out my feelings, especially when it came to pink diaries that contained my secret love letters. I know that’s cliche, but I really was that preteen.
Writing took a dark turn when I got older though (dramatic music). The essay’s suddenly made writing a whole lot less fun, and a whole lot more work. I didn’t understand why I had to cite, research, and actually type within a word limit. That just seemed uncreative, and frankly a little tedious. I grew out of this though, and I actually don’t mind writing essays anymore.
Well… there was this one political science essay that sucked the life out of me…but let’s just pretend that never happened.
When I turned sixteen I was suddenly struck with this desire to post a blog. I had no idea what I was doing, or where this desire came from…but I bit the bullet and made one.
I wrote about topics I felt passionate about. Relationships, health, beauty, and fashion. It was a pretty generic blog, but again, it was something I was proud of.
I was so proud that I decided to post the blog on my Facebook account. Most people were very encouraging and enjoyed my content. Others felt the need to tell me they didn’t like my content…or me for that matter. It took courage to keep posting after that, but I kept going.
I wrote on this blog for close to five years! It’s still out there on the internet, but I don’t post anymore. That chapter of my life is closed (for now).
Side note: I should mention too that this course has re-inspired me to write again! I really need to be more consistent with content. I always find that’s where I lack professionalism and ultimately trips me up regarding goals I set myself. Does anyone else struggle with this? Or better yet…do you have any tips on beating this mindset?!
So in December of 2017, I found a poetry account on Instagram. I found another one, and another one, and another one (you get the point). I had no idea that there were so many people on Instagram who loved modern poetry!
I was thrilled and decided to make my own account. Again, I had no idea what I was doing. I just knew I wanted to be part of this community and I already loved writing poetry…so why not!
This infused my love for writing AND my love for social media. I posted my first poem with 0 followers and in four months that number grew to over 5,000 people following my account.
I connected with people all across the globe! I had musicians asking me to write songs for them, online poetry magazines publishing my work, and I made so many great like-minded friends.
It was a crazy ride for sure! I still have this account (@e.d_poetry) if you were interested in checking it out. I don’t post as frequently as I once did, but I still enjoy posting here and there!
Anyway, this all boils down to my crazy journey with writing. I love it, but I need to practice it more. Does that make sense? I wish I was better at keeping my drive, as opposed to a flaming passion that consumes me in an instant… and then leaves me a little dried out. I jump head first into projects but I need to work on my endurance to keep going when the initial flame dies down.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed reading this post! I know writing and I have a long journey ahead of us, but I’m excited to see where we go! (Cheesy I know, but who doesn’t like cheese?!).
Until the next blog,
Emma
PS: I use E.Dupuis as a writing pseudonym.
All photos within this post belong to me.
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Thank you for sharing your writing experience, Emma. I found your post very interesting and inspiring. I love how you developed your relationship with writing, illustrating how it can be challenging at times to keep the spark alive. To me, your post was structured like a story. Your words kept me at the edge of my seat as you explained each stage of your journey.
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Hi Emma, it was really interesting to read about all of the different experiences you have had with writing. I especially like how open you are about your poetry and keeping a blog (it’s really impressive that you were able to keep your blog up for so many years!). I also like how easy your writing style is to read and follow. I think Felicia was write in that your post is structured as if you were telling a story and not just writing a formal essay. Thanks again for sharing!
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