Back in middle school and the beginning of high school, I used to write short stories. I haven't done that in forever now because I got busy doing a million other things in high school, but I have really been missing it. I also used to write poetry and songs, but I never got as into that as I did my short stories. My stories were not just random, out-of-nowhere stories about anything and everything. They were all basically on the same subject so I felt as if I was writing a series of short stories. I never really showed them to anybody before, but I am thinking about using my one "blog about anything" each week to start writing again. If you are curious and want to read them and comment, cool. If not, it's not a big deal, but I would appreciate any comments. Before I start this up again, I want to give you a little background of my stories.
I have already told you all when I started writing my short stories and why I stopped writing them, but I have yet to tell you what they were really about and why I started writing them. Let's start with what my short stories were about... I called the series Story of a Girl. If you have ever heard the song "Story of a Girl" by Nine Days, that would give you more of an understanding of why this is my series title. Here are the lyrics for the song in case you have never heard it. Each story was just a little insight into the life of a girl and how she was feeling. All of the stories were true stories and even though some were about different points in the same girls' life, I tried to stay away from writing too many about any one girl. A couple were about me, some about a couple different friends of mine, and others about girls that I was not really friends with, but that still came up to me with their problems. I never use a real name though. I try to stay away from using any names in the stories, and I try to write in first person as well. ( I always wanted to be a writer so I was always using this website to make my stories more "intimate" as they put it.)
When it comes to asking "why" I wrote these short stories, I guess you could say there is a long story behind it, but I'll try not to bore you with too many details. The song above is the main reason I started writing the stories. It has been one of my favorite songs for a long as I can remember because it has such an emotional concept to it. I can relate to the girl in the song, and I knew some of my friends could too. Not all of the stories are sad, but they are all about someone real. Not every ending is a happy one, but they aren't all bad either. I just like to write about real events that other people can relate to because there was a point in my life that I felt as if no one knew what I was going through and that no one cared. I even used to take quizzes (like this one) to see if I was as self-confident as I tried to make eveyone believe. There are so many people that have helped me and it's made me feel more secure in my own skin.
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