Personal Narrative: My Life As A Young Writer

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When I was younger, I always wanted to be a writer. I loved the idea of someone reading my thoughts and ideas as they were printed on paper. As of now technology has advanced quite well and has made the process of sharing information a great deal easier. I can proudly say that I am now a blog owner. However, it seems I may have entered the game a little late or perhaps a tad bit early. I’ve read in various places that there’s always an advantage when starting early. As the saying goes, “The early bird gets the worm.” Apparently, that’s easier said than done. I’m assuming the quote only applies to actual birds. On another note, here are five struggles I have come up with that plague young writers.
Procrastination
This has got to be one of the most relevant struggles to life as a young writer. There are a ton of ideas just coming and
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You 've probably heard a few of them, or may have thrown some out there yourself. Excuses are basically illogical reasons we give ourselves as to why we don 't necessarily have to do something. For example, if I were to say I 'm not writing anymore posts because I don 't an audience to read them. This would be illogical considering I 've only recently created my blog, and readers don 't accumalate overnight. I 've given myself so many excuses over the past three years as to why writing shouldn 't be my choice of career. The first would be that there is too much work to be done, but there is work to be done in every career field. The second excuse would be that I 'm not good enough, but to be a writer all you have to do is write and with time comes experience. All of these excuses are barriers created by doubt or fear, weather it be the fear of success or the fear of failure. On the first hand, excuses will not get the problem solved or the work done. On the other hand. we would have no use for excuses if we actually got the work done. In either scenario, excuses are not the

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