Hello party people.
I am still pondering about what i want my blog to be about and i can't think of anything. So i have decided to finally post at least something and this is what came to my mind. I hope you like it.
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So there's one thing that has been on my mind a lot since
this past weekend and it's a television show on Disney Channel called Austin
and Ally and I have decided I want to write something about it because it means
a lot to me. So here it is.
Here is how I became a writer.
It was a random day in the beginning of December of 2011 and
I found myself watching Disney Channel because yeah, I was almost seventeen and
still watched a children's channel (no shame.) It's what I grew up watching and
frankly it was better than watching some raunchy thing on MTV.
Anyway, I saw previews for this new show that was premiering
that night, about a young boy and a young girl who become friends over their
bond of music. Ally, the main character was shy and had major stage fright but
loved to write songs (which I can definitely relate on the stage fright part).
Austin, the other main character loved to perform but couldn't write songs
worth crap.
Honestly I thought the show looked dumb, expect for the fact
the blonde boy that played on it was cute ;)
Anyways, I thought what the heck and watched it and I thought
it wasn't that bad. And that’s what started it all. It became my favorite show
and I found myself making sure I caught every new episode. I also found myself
googling the actor who played Austin (Ross Lynch) and discovering he had a band
with his siblings called R5 and that I really liked their sound. It was before
they became pretty famous like they are now. I even went to a concert of theirs
but I can save that for a different post.
But I guess the main reason I am telling you this is because
that show sparked something in me. I got so into the show I found myself
wanting more and for some reason thought of it and googled Austin and Ally fan fiction
for the heck of it and I was shocked to discover all these different stories
people wrote.
I thought hmm, maybe I should try to write a story but I immediately
decided not to. I mean I never really wrote anything before besides stuff for
school and I always had trouble in English so I thought that would mean I would
be a terrible writer.
But after reading more and more fan fictions I decided what
the heck, and starting writing a story, and of course when I look back on it
now I cringe. I say things out loud like oh my gosh, did I really write that?
Or how could I not have noticed how I spelt that completely wrong, etc?
Well I posted the first chapter on a whim and checked back
about ten minutes later and I already had a couple of reviews! I couldn't
believe all of the nice things people were saying about it. I think I got a
couple hundred reviews by the end of it. I was thrilled.
And so that started a writing frenzy in me and I was coming
out with a new Austin and Ally fan fiction story every couple of months, getting
400 reviews on one and about 500 on another. And then I wrote another one, my
biggest one yet. Something I was very proud of. And I got over 1,500 reviews
and over 100,000 views! I couldn't believe it. Basically Austin and Ally was my
inspiration to start writing and I'm so glad that I decided to watch it that
night.
But unfortunately all good things come to an end, and here I
am this past Sunday night, 21 years old and watching the last episode of the
show and naturally, I cried. I mean, I semi grew up with the show and it made
me realize how much I love to write. So I am obviously forever thankful for it.
I am so proud of the writers of that show; the ending was one
of the best endings to a show I've ever seen. It really did it justice.
Right now I am working on a novel that I want to get
published one day and I owe it all to that show. Although it's now over, it
will forever be in my heart.
Comment below if you like to write and what inspired you to do so! And even if you don't really write, just comment and tell me what inspires you!
