One year ago today...
I remember exactly
where I was. I was in my bedroom, sprawled out across my
bed. My room was arranged differently, but I still remember
it perfectly. I decided I was going to write a short story.
I had before tried (and failed miserably) at getting big on
Witty with my stories on a different account. I created an
account with the alias xxHelloLovelyxx.
At 7:22 pm, Wednesday, May 16, 2012, I posted the first
chapter of 'Blue-Eyed Beauty.' I made a comment at
the bottom that said, "I'll continue posting if
this gets more than 10 faves" because I'd never
gotten more than 4 on a story. The first chapter got 87
favorites over the course of the night.
I was so excited, I wouldn't put my laptop down. I
didn't eat dinner that night. I was sitting in the
family room that night with my dad and brother and I think
there was a sport on the television but I'm not sure.
My dad insisted I ate the chicken strips he made for me, so
I took a plate, but I never actually ate them.
I was so excited I wrote the next chapter the same night,
and posted it as well.
I got home to find I had over 100 followers, all gained
from just two chapters of a story.
Over the course of the year on Witty, I'd posted 8
stories: Down This Road, Dreams of Zachary, Favorite
Mistake, Firefly, Hold on to Him, and finally, in his arms.
I have 1,349 beautiful followers (most of which are dormant
by now) and, through this account, I've made some
wonderful best friends: Elizabeth (thesweetestmoments), Eli
(Eli22b), Joe (JoeBro, no longer active) and so many more
it would take me forever to name. But you guys were here,
you gave me confidence. And my life has changed so much
since that Wednesday as a little freshmen in my bedroom
with an idea and some sort of luck, and it makes me sad
thinking about how much time has changed. I don't know,
I just thought I should mark the anniversary somehow, so
here it is.
Happy One Year Anniversary, Witty.
arianne · 1 decade ago
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what ever happened to those stories? did you get a new account or delete them or move them to wattpad or something? I wanted to read them again. :(