I guess I am probably the most uncoventional writer on this platform. My existence as a Trans in an Asian world makes me write in a really wierd way (plus Eng is a 2nd lang). My ADHD traits also made me unable to complete a book of the Classics. However, I was able to finish all the pages of Fight Club and a other Chuck Palahniuk books because I really enjoyed the changes in perspectives, the shifts in identity, the way pyschosis is described in a creative way without being an academic paper. Whenever I start typing for the monthly challenge, it's more like a process of art therapy than a creative writing assignment. This process sometimes forbades me from being PC and being really vulgar, and I know I am always just a few paragraphs away from being banned from this platorm. But what comes may, writing in Novelo really resuced me from the brink, I could have been an addict ODing before 50, but typing words really helped me to think twice before I reach for the meth pipe. I won't win views, but Novelo got me on a tragetory of improvement! Thank you so much!
Thanks for sharing, Missy. Keep writing. The world needs you and the stories you create. Even if you just write for yourself, there may be another person out there who finds your words inspiring. By doing this as a means of therapy for yourself, you may also help save someone else. You are here. Make the most of it.
Jim S.