Once upon a time I loved creating stories as much as I love reading them. I can honestly say I enjoyed writing since I was a child and my fascination for it only grew as I got older. As a tween I kept a large binder full of fantasy stories and poems I created as well as quotes from my favorite books and TV shows… needless to say I was a huge nerd. However that was then, now the only writing I do that consist anything above five sentences are assignments given to me by my professors. I cannot recall when I stopped writing for myself or what caused it to become a chore. Perhaps it was in highschool when the majority of writing I did were essays and writing assignments I loathed. Now as much as I try to force myself to enjoy writing again I cannot. Even the thought of starting up my computer and opening a blank document on Google Docs makes me sick. Despite this, there still is one form of writing that I still do during my down time that has become immensely popular, especially among my generation. I spend a little over two hours on my phone texting other people. Of course it is nowhere near formal or creative material. In fact many of my messages to other people don't even contain real words. Including using a plethora of emojis in my text, I send abbreviations if sentences, if I should even call them that, such as K, ppl, lmao, lol, idk, wtf and many more of that nature. Not even simple words escape being chopped down into three letters or less; nevermind becomes ‘nvm’ okay turns into ‘k’, and even know loses its ‘w’ at times. The end result is almost always an illiterate jumble of letters with few actual words if any at all. Though illiterate as texting is, it is still a form of writing; you are gathering your thoughts and putting them in writing. So I may not be the inspired “writer” I once was however writing is still an vital part of my life academically and personally.
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