Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers and every written literature starts in a single word made by a courageous writer. They say that a writer is a world trap in a human body because writing is creating a new world of knowledge, imagination, creativity, love and passion beyond your ink.
Writing will never be 'writing' without a writer, and I'm proudly to say that I'm one of them. As a writer you should care what words mean, what they say and how they say it. Words are the way towards truth and freedom and as a writer you must use it with care in thoughts, with fear and with delight. Everybody has the ability to write and create a pieces literature, however, I used my skills to write what is true and right. I choose to be a young journalist.
Writing is like creating a masterpiece in a plain white canvass. When I was a kid, my mother used to teach me how to hold pencil and how to write. My first ever writing is my name! And when I'm in grade school I used to copy the lecture in the board to study it at home. Then, I realized that you give essence in a plain paper as you write something on it. It's like adding life in a colorless world.
A great writer starts from being a good reader. I love to read stories especially a fiction and mystery genres. This hobby inspires me to dream that someday I will write my own one. And luckily, in elementary days, our teachers introduce to us the "journalism" wherein we are trained to write news or other articles of print and broadcast media. There is also called "Schools Press Conference," a competition in writing the best articles in different categories and mediums. As days passes by in the training, I find out that I'm not for the field of writing, therefore, I enter the world of journalism packed with my beloved category and that's photojournalism! However, their weapons are more powerful than mine, so I lose the battle.
Writing is an art and not everyone is an artist. When I'm in secondary, I decided to give up journalism and just focus on my academics. However, in order to be on top of the star section, you must have extracurricular points and I failed in that aspect. So in grade8, again, I joined journalism but this time as a writer of Editorial. I'm not into it but I have no choice because I need it. During the School-Based Schools Press Conference, I give my best! How come it is not enough. Failure drag me in a thought that I'm a big mistake in writing.
There's a winding road that lays ahead, no one knows what beyond the bend. We don't know what future will bring, but that very moment I marked to my mind that I'm not good enough. Again, I give up in journalism. But one day in grade9, school paper adviser of our school called me and said that I will compete in the next day for Feature Writing Secondary English in Cluster IV Schools Press Conference. He wanted me to experience the competition because he knows that I can. But I protest, "I'm not a writer Sir," but he smile and said that just try. And here comes the day of the competition. No training, no idea. I don't know why I'm there but I just write a story that inspires me. Unexpectedly, I won! As a first timer I won!
Be courageous enough and try to write in a way that scares you a little. Once, I dreamed to be a writer but I just forget about it because I don't believe that I can. I'm wrong. Someone believes that I can be an artist in an art called "writing". After I won in the Cluster, I became a qualifier for Division and I got the 9th place in feature writing who bested about 80 campus journalists around Tarlac Province. In Grade10, I decided to continue my journey in journalism and now, aside from feature writing, my coach listed my name for the delegation of news and science writing. In the day of the competition in Municipal level, which is the former Cluster, a big surprise came. I lose feature writing. I'm not even in the top10. However, I got the 2nd place in News and 1st place in Science Writing. I'm still a qualifier for the Division, but I didn't get any place there.
The best thing you can do for the world is to make the most out of yourself. I started to love writing especially journalism. And my path towards success will not end here. In Senior High, I still joined the competition in the categories of News and Science Writing. I won 7th place in Science and 2nd place in News Writing English Secondary. Again, I advanced to the Division but then again I lose the battle. Maybe, I'm just a poor soldier who just can fight in a lower level. In my three years of being a Campus Journalist, I didn't experience to win in the Division and advance to the Regionals. Well, I know that I'm not still the best that I can. Even now I have troubles in my grammar particularly in tenses. But I have to do something on it.
You must learn to be three people at once: writer, character, and reader. I imbibe these three to improve myself and of course some spice a eagerness and hardwork. Now I'm Grade12, and in the previous months I still compete for News and Science. I just got both 6th place in the Municipal level but still in for the Division. Luckily, I'm ranked as one of the top10 best News writers in the whole Tarlac. But the battle is not yet over. There's still a final round for the top10 to know who are the top three best writers who will advance in the Regional. And finally! I'm one of the top3. Not just in the rank but I'm the first placer! In November, Regional Schools Press Conference, here I come!
Being a writer is not easy, but I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I'm not. I write to explore all the things I am afraid of. I write to read it and inspire myself. At this point, I'm still enhancing my writing skills and very much open for corrections. Improving is my goal. I know it is for myself. Because I am not just a writer, I am also a herald of truth and balance Journalism. Well, this Alice Rodejero and this is just the beginning of my journey in writing.
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