ON THE WRITER SIDE

Writing was my first love. When I was a kid, I used to pick up books, read some stories I like inside, then I’ll try to make my own story. Kids are best in imitating things, and in my case, writing caught my interest.  My outputs back then were horrible! Haha. (that's from my present point of view; it was heaven back then) They were grammatically incorrect.  The themes were corny. And when I read them now, they look trash.

I used to have journals—or for "childish" version, diaries. When you get older and more mature, it’s sooo much fun to read stuffs from your childhood. Through time, you also learn from what you wrote. You learn how you used to be and how you've become. Unfortunately, all of my diaries from elementary to high school, including the poems I wrote, weren’t saved. Some were destroyed by the typhoons, some I just put into fire for deeper reasons, and some were submitted to school and I had no personal copies.

I’m a writer at heart.  I’m a letter writer, journal writer, poem writer—at mood, a blogger and was a news writer. In fact, the best days I had in grade school were the contests I joined in journalism. It’s almost 8 years since I learned the basics of news writing, but I could still remember them up to now. And the toxic life of being part of the school paper is something unforgettable from high school.

Maybe, that’s how it is. Your passion will always be your passion.  You don't care if you're not the best in it, but you do everything to become better with it.  Moreover, my Pen and Paper are one of the best listeners I ever had. 

"Why WRITE? Because we can. Because we’re forever finding ways to express ourselves in the brief amount of time we have to live. Because we might be mute someday. Write because you have a message. Write because you want something to block everything out and just read what you have to say. Because you want to say something and you don’t want others to judge you by your appearance, your accent, or stench, but by your message. Because you don’t want to keep repeating a command..because the dog next door might interrupt your speech again."

 -Lorenzo Marfil, Manila Waldorf School

(Philippine Star, August 24, 2010)

“Anyone can write. It’s not like a superhero ability that is only endowed to those ‘worthy.’ We all have ideas and opinions and there is always someone who wants to hear them. Do not be afraid to write because there’s nothing to be ashamed of. People have their opinions but what’s more important is that you did something beautiful. “

“Writing is everlasting. It makes you immortal. We have books from thousands of years back and these authors have become household names. Writing can also change the world. You can educate people through writing and make a difference in this world we live in. A writer can be the savior of our society.”

-Samantha Mae Coyiuto

(Philippine Star, Sunday Life, September 26, 2010)

“I love to write though it is such a nerve-wracking process. Whoever said that writing is easy should be used as a human keyboard by Gorillas with Ipads. Writing means pouring self on paper, exposing one’s thoughts to readers who have judgements of their own to make. But when the writing gets good — Oh, when the words snuggle together like newborn puppies — it feels so good to stare at a page suddenly alive with a heartbeat that only the writer hears.”

-Susan Ople

(Panorama Magazine, July 16, 2010)