June 12,2007
I am 29 years old and I still have doubts with myself regarding my talent --- do I have it? Or am I just making this up to uplift myself to overcome the insecurities. I know how to dance, I know how to paint too. But those talent of mine were poorly developed. And now I am trying my hand in writing. I couldn't make up my mind---always starting a new endeavour. I don't consider myself a writer. Anyway, how can one be a writer? Does he need to have a published work? Or does he need other people's confirmation of the title he wants? What if for example, I say I am a writer and I don't care if people would contest to that. You know I like writing very much---making up stories, writing them. I don't think much if other people would like it what is important I enjoy doing it. I have my own standards. I judge my stories according to my standards. I been writing stories since I was 8 years old. Does this makes me a writer? I don't think so, from time to time I still have lapses with grammar and spelling. A shame thing to be a writer. To be a writer has been a quest for me. I don't care if it would take me a lifetime to discover it. Maybe I ought to have a college degree in creative writing, what do you think? I was thinking did Kafka, Conrad, and Faulker had formal studies regarding writing short stories. What I like most about writing is that it is the cheapest art to develop because all you need are paper and pencil and time.