From Me To You, Love Dia

To the reader, 

A text from the desk of a writer,  

The beginning of a tale of becoming. 

 

It is my pleasure to welcome you to the very start of A Writer’s Tale. I am, Lady Dia; a weaver of texts and tales, lost for words at the moment, but I shall make quick work of my- um- monologue. 

As I have already hinted, I am a writer (of sorts) and I do congratulate myself for being so diverse. I began my journey from meaningless letters to myself whenever I was angry seven- no eight- years ago, at least as far as I remember. It was the easiest way for me to escape the harshness of the real world. Over time, I realized I was a terrific English student only when I’m required to express myself in an essay. Letters became a close favorite as well though, for the life of me, I can’t seem to get how to close a formal letter without reciting my textbooks. 

Two years after becoming more comfortable with my pen, without any of the rage, I stumbled upon the popular platform Anna Todd and Robert Their found expression for their writing: where one could express oneself in any and every way possible, find inspiring stories and enjoy reading. Dear reader, I found Wattpad. And good thing too because all the stories I penned down went missing. 

I wasn’t patient with myself though. In my rush to publish something to gain me the attention I wanted; I created the most complicated story by mixing two strange genres, science fiction and paranormal, and I had no particular idea I wanted to work with. As a result, sixteen chapters later, I had gone full circle and no way to even straighten the storyline to make sense. That, plus the embarrassing picture I thought would be okay for a cover, you can expect that I certainly did not feel proud of my work, so I took it down. 

After weeks of arguing with myself I started again on the very same book; new cover, new names, new plot. I was feeling confident because of the feedback I was getting but that was when I hit my first challenge, procrastination. All of a sudden, there is never time to upload new chapters or even edit my drafts. I had all the inspiration I needed but I couldn’t just be determined enough to finish a new chapter for weeks on end. As one would expect, I chose to look for something else. Dear reader, I began to juggle two different stories. 

Doing so led me to discover two things. One; that I actually have a knack for creating stories, and; I need discipline to exercise my full potential. 

So I took a step back and took down my stories for the second time. Around that time, I joined my first Wattpad community of book reviewers and things were going great, particularly after the lockdown when I was holed up with nothing to do. I started a new story even. But then I slipped again and all that progress that I built for two years, was dashed to pieces and the dedication I started with was lost at sea.  

It was not until last year that I realized the capital problem that always created my writer’s block; I still treated writing as a hobby, as something to do to in my free time which I realized I barely even had. I had to intentionally treat it like a business. 

One chapter in one book each, and one book cover later, I’m back in my zone and crunching at my keyboard with a clear goal in mind I most certainly will reach.  

That, dear reader, is the totality of what has led me to this very point and I wish to take you along on this journey, my partner and I, that is.  

Welcome once again to the premier of A Writer’s Tale and Happy new year. 

 

 

Lady Dia.