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An Overdue Thank You
3 years ago
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At the time of writing this, I'm still basically new to making posts on the site despite having had the account for some years now. I honestly never thought I'd go through with something like actually pretending I know how to write or be artsy and fun. The idea that I'd ever post anything is still even more inconceivable to me.
I thought I was content to just skulk from gallery to gallery. I'd just silently watch others with real talent as they demonstrate their creative prowess and ability. To be honest, I was a fair bit jealous to see others posting anything from crafts to stories to masterful artworks that had shown just how much care and passion they put into their projects. Maybe it was more I was jealous that they had a passion; I've never been, strictly speaking, passionate about anything.
I don't know what changed but I just decided I'm just going to go for it. I don't think I've ever been more anxious in my life than the night I had my mouse hovering over the the submission button. It honestly had me a bit scared because stress usually doesn't get to me. I debated deleting it the instant I finally clicked submit for a quite a while. But I didn't delete it. In fact, I actually got some support to keep going. After the stunned surprise had passed, I felt like things were okay, maybe even great.
Anyways, I mainly wanted to just leave a message here for anyone who has been keeping up with my waste of time gallery. About two weeks ago, one of my posts broke 100 views. Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine getting more than 20 views. While I cannot guarantee that all of those views support what I'm doing, I cannot string together enough words to accurately describe what it means to me that people just are taking the time to check out my stuff.
In short, this is meant to be a big "thank you" to anyone and everyone who decides to look over my things. Even if no one truly likes what I post, I'm at least able to convince myself that someone might be looking at it and think "well, it's not terrible."
All that said, thank you for stopping by. I've been having so much fun with this and I look forward to continuing even if I still stress over the submit button for no less than 10 minutes before finally clicking.
Novice storyteller & professional nerd,
FtD
I thought I was content to just skulk from gallery to gallery. I'd just silently watch others with real talent as they demonstrate their creative prowess and ability. To be honest, I was a fair bit jealous to see others posting anything from crafts to stories to masterful artworks that had shown just how much care and passion they put into their projects. Maybe it was more I was jealous that they had a passion; I've never been, strictly speaking, passionate about anything.
I don't know what changed but I just decided I'm just going to go for it. I don't think I've ever been more anxious in my life than the night I had my mouse hovering over the the submission button. It honestly had me a bit scared because stress usually doesn't get to me. I debated deleting it the instant I finally clicked submit for a quite a while. But I didn't delete it. In fact, I actually got some support to keep going. After the stunned surprise had passed, I felt like things were okay, maybe even great.
Anyways, I mainly wanted to just leave a message here for anyone who has been keeping up with my waste of time gallery. About two weeks ago, one of my posts broke 100 views. Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine getting more than 20 views. While I cannot guarantee that all of those views support what I'm doing, I cannot string together enough words to accurately describe what it means to me that people just are taking the time to check out my stuff.
In short, this is meant to be a big "thank you" to anyone and everyone who decides to look over my things. Even if no one truly likes what I post, I'm at least able to convince myself that someone might be looking at it and think "well, it's not terrible."
All that said, thank you for stopping by. I've been having so much fun with this and I look forward to continuing even if I still stress over the submit button for no less than 10 minutes before finally clicking.
Novice storyteller & professional nerd,
FtD
Keep at it. After all, the difference between a bad writer and a good one is only about 10 million written words.
You're already on your way there.