I've been putting off writing for a long time. Not because I don't enjoy it, but because I've had no real inspiration. Today I visited a group of writers who critique each other's work. There's a good amount of people that come, out of all of them, I'm pretty sure I was the only one under the age of 20. I was a little bit intimidated at first but I decided that if I can't be a Rebelutionary* here in a Christian writing group, than I can't be one anywhere.
The Lord really came through for me. All the women I ran into talked to me like I was just another writer. It didn't feel like I had that usual,"Sorry I'm a teenager and am not intelligent enough to understand you," sign stamped across my forehead.
I was even more nervous about the critiquing though. I'm not allowed to have any of my work critiqued until I've visited twice, but still, I was curious to see how they did it. They would say one thing they liked about the piece, then their critiques, and then another thing they enjoyed. It didn't sound forced or unbelievable when the writers gave each other compliments. It really inspired me.
It's time to get writing again (:
*www.therebelution.com
I have no doubt you can hold your own in a group like that. Sounds like fun!
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