Volume 3: Comment Block
Volume 3 END.
Now then, what should I write about? AH right, publishing my work online for the first time WAS scary you know? I’ve built resistance now– I even own a website now hey!-- but back then when I first published my first chapter, holy shit it made my heart pound. I worried about not being able keeping keep with schedule, worried about what the people would say, worried about grammar and spelling–
Well, those days are gone. But I do worry about the genre and quality of my work every now and then. Here’s a fact: I’m a bad writer. But that’s okay, bad writing is required for good writing. Level up your bad writing so that it’s decent in the eyes of others. Level up your base writing still, not your best writing skill.
I’ve been a writer for 2 years now, my first year was spent writing without showing anyone my work. I only started publishing openly in my second year. It’s alright to suck, but you have to do the work. Work– and you have to enjoy it, but it isn’t always enjoyable, it sucks, it’s painful, but it is also enjoyable– a weird dissonance indeed–
The pain and difficulty as a writer and artist isn’t creating our work, it's managing our emotions cuz there’s a lot of uncertainty. There is no such thing as ‘art block’ or ‘writer’s block’. Those are caused by a lack of emotional control, it has less to do with how bad your writing or art is. You need to master yourself. It’s not your lack of writing or drawing skill, it's the lack of self management.
I won’t say you shouldn’t not take a writing/ art course (I didn’t take any writing or drawing course, I learnt these skills myself), but it’s important you recognize why you want to become a writer or artist. If your reason is merely to earn money, you’re out of luck. You need a very deep reason or purpose if not you’ll give up.
As for myself? My biggest motivation for wanting to become a freelance writer and artist, to challenge the impossible, to go against society’s norms, to not want to work a 9 to 5– is because I’ll die. Yeah. Because I’ll die in the future, I’ll die trying to pursue my dream.
In any case, this author's note is for those who wish to become a writer or artist, so.. yeah. As for everyone else, thank you for reading! See you in the next volume!
