Women in Writing

Hello, my name is Faith, and if you didn’t know, I aspire to be a writer. It’s the dawn of 2020 and just like the new year, I’m only getting started. With my first blog post, I focused on sentimentally expressing to you all my hopes, dreams, and fears by unraveling complex philosophies and the innermost thoughts of my mind. Now I wish to divulge the essence of the question as to why I am truly here, why I have given you something to read. 

While I very well could have simply kept a personal journal to document every aspect of the art of growing up, there are various reasons as to why I felt blogging publicly would be the best choice for me, especially if I want to pursue writing professionally. 

For one, by showcasing my work for every eye to see, I am submitting myself to feedback and constructive criticism that I would not get by writing in a private journal. They say that practice makes perfect, so having a blog will allow growth in technical skills, my storytelling abilities, and my overall writing. Whether I receive positive or negative feedback on my posts, I am able to observe the data and refine my writing style to fit the interests of the public while still staying true to my authentic self with every piece I display. As a blogger, I would take this task seriously and stay consistent in routinely putting out new content to the best of my ability. By repeatedly writing daily or weekly, plus learning to habitually edit my writing to rectify any mistakes, in time I will grow to become an exceptional writer.

Blogging also provides the perfect platform for me to organize my thoughts from sunrise to sundown. As you could probably tell from my previous post, my brain is constantly thinking, even at the most random and unexpected hours of the day. This cycle of information is easier to remember when transferred to a place to store and share them, such as a blog site. There’s something about witnessing the voiceless thoughts from my mind manifest letter by letter, word by word, in a completed piece of mastery lexicon that I have always delighted in. I’m sure I stray from every other typical teenager in the fact that in school I used to have no objection to essays even when I found difficulty in writing them. This is because I willingly and gratefully accepted any revision suggestions from my teachers and when applied to my final copy, I knew that I myself was content with what I wrote and openly acknowledged an educated opinion to only improve my writing. 

In addition to being a place to grow as a writer, a blog serves as a digital record of all your precious memories and stories. 

Before I ever began my website, I knew I didn’t want to limit myself to one specific theme. With a variety of topics that interest me, my possibilities are endless. My vision for the future of my blog is to potentially discuss topics from popular music, beauty trends, and even venture into reporting sports statistics. I could write an array of narratives and anecdotes, as well as cover many real-world events or personal experiences. I could further explore the inner workings of our world. With my blog, I want to simply share stories of myself and others. If you’re currently reading this, I sure hope you stick around to see what the future holds for this blog. 

Through my blog I hope to connect with many people. Besides my family and friends, I wish to eventually garner a wider audience. Referring back to my previous statements, the range of options I have for writing matter on this site is infinite. I have the ideal niche needed to guide me through this writing journey. As your typical teenage girl, I hope to connect to other girls that may share my love for all the hot topics in the fashion or makeup world. As a sports fanatic, I hope to connect to others that are just as passionate as I am to see their favorite team or players succeed.  However more than anything, I hope to one day connect to other adolescents like me, who navigate their way through the world not on their own two feet, but their own two wheels. I carry substantial knowledge of what it’s like to go through your everyday routine life, just as everyone else, except with a number of struggles in common operations that one without a disability such as mine may otherwise take for granted. My only goal in connecting to others like me is to represent a human that although has mobility limitations, still carries themselves as limitless in any aspirations she has ever set her mind to, and to be that positive person of influence for them, the representation of myself that I would have wanted to idolize in my youth. Ultimately, I would delight in connecting to a crowd that, like me, appreciates the art of written verbiage. 

If I have blogged successfully throughout this new year, I aim to have proven my potential and flexibility as a skillful writer. As a fan of manifesting what we want for our own lives, I wish to manifest for myself that by the end of the year, I have gained a large, consistent amount of traffic visiting my blog, composed of people that are regularly enthusiastic to read my work. 

If you’ve read this all the way through then welcome to my blog! For my site’s identity, I chose to put a spin on the common saying “fake it ’til you make it”, with my name taking the place of the word at the forefront of the expression. To me, this means to wholeheartedly be myself in every way possible. To understand that I am trying my absolute best as i navigate my way through life, and my best effort is all I can give. To have faith in myself. This is a call to every individual to never lose sight of the most authentic version of yourself. To live your life as I strive to be: boundless, courageous, optimistic, and exemplary. Follow my lead and “Faith It ’til You Make It.