i love your response ! totally understand wanting to get back to that kind of motivation.. i miss being able to write so freely and excitedly ! and of course ! so excited to be hosting this, everyone is so wonderfully creative and talented. can't wait to see what comes of it

i love this so much ! such a creative response to the prompt 🥰 adding you to the members page now !

"An observer of all things," hm? I've begun to feel similarly in these past years. I thought my life's purpose was to pursue happiness, but that is often unattainable to me, so now I see my life as a catalog of expereiences; good & bad, I just want to feel, to experience & observe. I understand what you're saying & see nothing sad about it.

I think you're right that writing comes from loneliness. Writing is just talking to ourselves at the end of the day. I wonder if I'd have started writing if I'd had a many friends growing up? Anyways, pleasure to read.

@vashti I don't really see anything sad about it either, but i find it interesting how people interact with what i say or do, especially if i don't really get where they're coming from, like in the case of that teacher. I'm glad you relate, you put it very well! I've always said my ultimate dream is being human, which means to observe and feel in earnest and experience [x]

lovely ! adding you now. your piece for the first prompt was wonderful

yay ! lovely :] glad you found it LMAO ! will add ur new link

no ! if you don’t have one, i can just link to your website with text :]

a fellow academic writer! academic and creative writing are so different, aren't they... it's so difficult to juggle between those two tones, and i'm glad that you're giving yourself a space to be free when you write. you're right- time really does make everything fine. maybe time will make you feel more confident in sharing your stories with the world. ☺

i Totally understand the feeling of hating what you write. was putting up a few writing pages and physically cringed at my 2022 pieces.. it's hard, but disliking what we write is often part of the process. wishing you the ability to see what you want to improve & feel proud of yourself instead of upset you aren't perfect :]

yay ! it's such a cute page. glad you think so, i'm really excited for it too :]

wonderful ! i'll add you to the page now. and your response to the first prompt is so thoughtful-- i totally understand that feeling that theory takes away from the creativity and freedom of it all. i think for me, at least, it only does for a little while-- while i'm really learning it, y'know? i think adding the tools to your toolbox takes a lot of work, but (cont. in next reply LMAO)

getting to use them in creative ways and break rules changes things. the creativity comes back, i feel. regardless, writing as a hobby & catharsis is a beautiful thing, with or without 'theory' attached. i'm glad you get to have it as an outlet :]