My love affair with writing is not love at first sight. It's an on and off relationship. I never knew I could write until I reached 5th grade. Since I was trying to follow the footsteps of my brother, who was then the Editor-in-Chief of their schoolpaper, I tried my luck by submitting my own poem. I made it as one of the Literary staffers. I was happy. It was a start.
From then on I find myself grabbing a pen and paper writing anything and everything under the sun, may it be a poem, a feature or even a news account. But after graduating from Primary School, I realized that there was no spark anymore. And so I bid goodbye to writing. Only to find it bugging me again when I was in Senior year. I did write articles, ost of which were news artciles about the latest happenings in the school. But no, I still didn't pursue a career in writing, even if I was our school paper's Associate Editor during my senior year. Winning in writing competitions didn't help as well.I felt that my love for writing is something temporary. After graduating from high school, I bid writing goodbye again.
After my stint in our school paper ended, so was my affair with writing. It didn't bug me until blogging began. Reading all the blog entries of friends made me realize that my affair with writing is far from over. I had a rough start. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. There were a lot of attempts, but I just couldn't pull it off.
A few weeks ago I did finally make it. I realized that I can't go back to writing because I tried too hard. I thought too hard. I realized that everything that I wanted to share will come out on its own if I make things simple. If I write from the heart. Now, that I am back, I just can't seem to stop. I have a lot of ideas and topics in mind. Maybe it's the same feeling when you get back with someone you really love.
My love affair with writing is far from over. It's just beginning.
