Writing - My Story

WARNING : CHAOTIC WRITING AHEAD.

I sit before my computer, gazing at the blinking cursor upon the screen. Where should I start, I wonder. Writing is pretty much a pleasurable pastime of mine, particularly when I don't have anything other to do than surf Facebook and take a couple of pretty retarded quizzes.

Let's see.... *goes all the way back in nostalgia*.... When did I start writing? Ah! I know now. Back then in high school. I can remember clearly, 2002. I was only a 12 year old back then, studying in the first grade of high school. Seven years may have passed, but I remember that day as vividly as though it was just yesterday.

My teacher, Ms. Theshila (yes I remember her name) came to me with a proposal : to write for the school magazine. To a student who had spent barely 8 months in the school, writing in the school magazine was like... WOW REALLY?  ME? WRITE? FOR SCHOOL MAGAZINE?

And so, I went home, sat down at my desk and began churning out a story. It wasn't too bad, in 40 minutes or so I had the first rough draft of it. The problem was naming it. I vaguely remember considering naming it "Galaztic Wars" or something pretty badass for a 12 year old. However it turned out that I named the composition a simple "Good vs. Evil". Don't ask why, I do not know the reason back then, neither do I know it now.

And so, writing became quite fun. I started the first 2 years of my writing by continuing where I left off in "Good vs. Evil". Looking back at what I wrote then now, I can't help but stifle my laughter. I still have the three notebooks I filled with words back at home even now.

In 2006, I joined the DotA-Allstars forums : http://forums.dota-allstars.com. Of course, I was a total DotA rookie back then. But what interested me wasn't DotA itself, but rather the Fan Fiction subforum. There I met some of the greatest writers I had ever known in my life. First was DeathKnight6034. Then came Paul_V, PrettyPinkPawny, Col. Sharpeye and -madeener etc. Encouraged by them, I started my first ever fan fiction : The Sword Saga - a parodical story about the heroes of DotA. It now lies deep in the abyss of the sub-forum, uncompleted, as I ran into writer's block after the end of Chapter 23.

With my activity in the forums, soon I was given the position of Forum Crew to hold. Then I started writing again in a new style, in a novel entitled The DotA Epic. That I managed to complete, and I still feel pretty proud of myself for that.

When I came to Russia, I promised the people at the forums I would write a sequel to my epic in my summer holidays. However, various things came up, and I was able to start it before the promised time. And then, once again, I ran into the dreaded writer's block. I think my epic is probably rotting away with my saga somewhere in the murky depths of the forum.

And now, I chose to start my own blog, of all things.

As I gaze at the cursor blinking on the screen now, I decided: Screw it, I have another Touhou Roleplay to write out.

Introduction

First and foremost, I would bid you, the reader of this short composition, a warm welcome to my little corner. For reasons I shall no speak of, I shall be known as none other, but Alice. The name "Alice" has been a particular favourite of mine for as long as I have known time itself, and I am pleased to be using it as an alias of myself.

Well, personally, I have little or almost none experience blogging, so please do not expect to see other stuff beside walls of text in this little humble sanctuary of mine. Real life constantly calls out for me, and I have close to little time to learn the manipulation of these blogging widgets, so I ask of you to kindly be satisfied with the future texts I might be posting.

Without further ado, I shall put forth a short introduction of myself. I am but a student, studying medicine in Russia (yes I know, it's not exactly a matter to be proud of), and I'm pretty much what you might call a "hikkikomori" in Japanese. It is due to times like this, when I'm spending my time idly clicking on random spots in Google Chrome, my mind overflows with various stuff. It gets really frustrating some times, thus the reason I created this : as a dump of figments of my imagination, as well as somewhere I can sit and write whatever I think over a nice cup of tea.

If I still have your attention, I would like to name 2 of my friends who'd ignited the spark of desire within myself to start blogging, a certain Ms. Chew, and Mr. Yim.

Well, I guess that would be enough for an introduction, I most certainly didn't plan to speak much. Till the next post then. Pax vobiscum.