I look at their website and see so many amazing works
They say you can write anything
But I don’t know what to write, at least not yet
I love stories and poems
Articles and research
The fun of exploring your style
Trying new things
But it’s such a commitment
Choosing to rhyme what you say
With no time to play
Around
Describing everything in a perfect picture
Like the bumpy edges of a golden brown hue frame that’s been sitting on your dusty pale wood shelf every year. It has the same photo, one of your 4 siblings all standing in a row from tallest to shortest, left to right, smiling and laughing in the moments when your mom says cheese. Because you decided that picture, you decided that frame, and you decided that location was perfect.
Writing something whimsical like the spring breeze lightly picking up with a rainy fog just breaching the sunlight, having you remember the time of love and sentiment
Researching every detail to put in your research paper, you worked so hard on! Find all the perfect points to art, fashion, movies, plays, shows, myths, legends, locations, or just problems in the world!
There are so many great ideas! How do you just pick one! Stick to your idea forever and post a different version of it every week! How do I feel confident that I will ever be on THEIR level! How do I STOP DOUBTING MYSELF!
… but then I stop
She invites me to be part of the group
“Come to the meeting today, and I can tell you all about us”
That’s all it took for me to try it
Just once, I wanted to try something
More than me
And you meet them
And they’re all just like you
Passionate
Caring
Kind
A student
A friend
Nothing more, nothing less
They have jobs, classes, homework, problems,
Drama, stories, minds, hands
They have everything you have
They just chose to use it here!
They are volunteers who do something they love
And want you to do the same
They are people who are a part of something creatively amazing and want you to join in on the fun!
Don’t forget this!
Don’t forget this moment
Breathe it in
Enjoy it
And put yourself out there
Let yourself be accepted by them
Let yourself finally be a part of something
And write!
I open up my laptop and start
“The Whim of the Story”
Edited and Reviewed by Hailey Hutchison