The Next Step

Never enough time to update I say... there is always time. Make time. Be the update brief or long winded it can help relieve tension and take the weight of your shoulders. It's what I love about blogging or even writing my thoughts out on paper. I'm not sure which I prefer though. I've been writing in a paper diary since I was about 12/13 and although I missed a huge year or so, I suddenly got back into it when life got more exciting and I wanted to be able to remember what's gone on. I admire YouTubers that do this on a daily basis behind a camera and divulging their audience into everything that goes on. There is a huge community and they put so much trust into what they do and honouring the fans that stick by them, even when views start dropping, sad events occur or it generally takes a dip that community is there to support them no matter what and it keeps them going. It's amazing how much YouTubers get out of doing that sort of thing.

Shaytards

                     Cory and Kate               




Charles and Alli Trippy- CTFxC

I have tried myself and failed, not just vlogging but just trying to put myself out there. But I'm still trying to find my main talent. I feel like I'm lacking something. There is so much I want to happen, but it won't unless I take action. It won't happen straight away, it takes a lot of patience and hard work but I want to work towards making my talents known.

The only thing I've kept up doing since I was 12 was writing a story. Even now at 21 I'm still writing it. Not daily, but I want to pick it more. It gave me a sense of freedom, to explore my imagination and use the things I already loved and was inspired by in order to create something magical. The first time I wrote the whole thing, during lunch breaks at school it was 9 small A5 pages long. not a masterpiece and rushed in order to get my main ideas and the main plot down. Now almost 10 years on it's a whopping 75 pages and it's still not finished. For me that's a lot of pages. there's a huge chunk missing and I'm trying to get my mind in gear to finish it and get people to read it. I'm very passionate about it, I started to post some of the chapters onto YouTube as a starting point to get it out there. but sadly, University got in the way. It was my fault for starting it at an awkward time when so much would be occurring. But now I'm settled down into work and don't have much to do on my days off so I think now's the best time to start it back up. I want to deliver this story in three ways, by myself personally reading it to a YouTube audience, posting it online and getting it onto paperback.  posting on YouTube is hard because if I commit to doing one a week I have to be disciplined with it, but editing is very frustrating for me. I'd rather have a Mac but I have to make do with Windows. As for getting it onto paperback that might not happen. But I have to be positive and work on this as best as I can if I want to make it happen which I do. I enjoy writing this story so much. I get very emotional as the main character is based on myself but in a situation and world i partially feel I could have been a part of. the character is a strong woman warrior who knows what she's doing, while I feel the complete opposite. This is what i based my solo performance in my final year. That struggle between negativity and finding the strength in something else but embodying it and pushing forward in the task at hand. If I get enough of a following and enough support in this, I will start posting chapters one by one on this blog in order to gain feedback and support to see if I'm going the right way with this. My main concern is the way I've written it in first person. I only wrote it this way because it makes it easier for me as I have dreamt some of the situations, wrote them down and explained it as it flows through my mind. I keep battling with myself whether to change it to third person, but that would be a lot more work because of needing to change the descriptions and such. But I need as many opinions as possible. So if you think this is something I should pursue and that you'd enjoy reading then please comment under this blog or tweet me @NoLimit2Dream and let me know.

I know I may be punching above my weight here, but I have to try. I feel so many things have stopped me in the past and now is the time. what with my Auntie's recent success of her short story being up for an award I feel the writing blood flowing through me. I just hope my writing is fluid and descriptive enough to be an enjoyable and imaginative read, more than 50 Shades. Yes I am reading that. It's not as great as the hype made it out to be, not written entirely well but nonetheless it's doing well. Anyway thank you for reading this and I hope to hear from some of you soon. Take care and keep Strong xxxx

Chrissie