Ulog #17 Grateful for Writing prompts and contests - I won 3 times in a row! \*O*/

Hey Uloggers,

Tonight I really want to write about all the writing I've been doing lately!
Ever since #ulogs started I've been expanding my repertoire into free writes, #write alongs and zapfics as well as any other writing I get the urge to do!

I've been so grateful for all these communities and challenges everyone's been doing here on #steemit!

I never would have thought I would write again, besides some blogs here and there..

Heck when I started steemit I thought I would only do videos..
But life took over and videos sometimes take too long to make and edit...

A few months later I joined a mama's community @steemitmamas and I saw how much fun they all had writing! They also made their own challenges!
I have enjoyed them all even though at times - when I was tired or can't be bothered - I would be dragging my feet to get it done. But when I'm in it and when I eventually get myself to do them I love them!!

So writing came back! One of my first loves, I would say is blogging and cryptic poem writing when I was an angsty young one.. haha..
But I never thought I was any good at it..
I always struggled at school with English.. I loved reading but I sucked at writing essays and fiction would always have "to be continued"
But maybe I just never found out what kind of Prose I loved doing, maybe I just was never allowed to express myself however and whatever way I wanted!

I love zapfics! Thank you @felt.buzz for starting such a contest!

You see I always have these visions.. and this voice inside of me telling me the story of my life or any kind of situation, like a narration in a movie, they always sound just like the movies, but I could never go beyond the snippet of that idea into a full blown story. Perhaps I was scared, perhaps I didn't want to "waste time writing something that wasn't real" (asian mentality in me)
I've never written a full story but I always did dream I could one day..
I wanted to store and write out these little snippets someday somewhere.
I wanted to use these as some kind of inspiration for movies or someone else's (or my own if I ever got there) stories.
Sometimes they were quite cliche, but they sounded good in my mind haha..

Because of Zapfics I am able to do this! :D

I won #zapfics 3 times in a row! From the moment I joined! (3 weeks ago)
I couldn't believe it!

But how I would usually go about a prompt is.. I would read the prompt..
I would mull on it..
I wouldn't dare write anything yet..
I would let it sit in my mind over time and when I got the inspiration I would have to write something anything down..
Then I would use that as a starter point to write my #zapfic!

When I read other people's zapfics I can see how eloquent they sound and how interesting their stories are so I couldn't figure out how mine were better than some of their's haha.. but maybe it's the judge who likes it, maybe the judge has a similar mind to mine! I love it when I say something and someone else can imagine what it means, or better yet turn it into their own version of the story.
I wonder what it would be like if someone used these #zapfics and continued the story!
I would love to see what would happen..
Maybe I could start a challenge haha.. or someone can? :D
I know there are many challenges like that already floating around steemit!

Anyway I think I've written all I can and my arms and fingers are falling off now :P
I got too much excitement and I can't pound the keyboard hard enough to get it out! I gotta go and jump around and then shower now.. hahaa

Thank you for reading all the way!!!! :D ❤️

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