When I was little, I was taught the letters of the alphabet. I sang a song to remember them. When I went to school I was taught how to draw them, and shown that those drawings could be connected to form words, sentences, stories.

I learned to read other people's stories and I learned from what they had to say. I wrote my own stories, as I have been my entire life. I can let my imagination take me to places nobody has been, and writing allows me to share that with whomever I please. I can connect with people who live across the globe, people who cannot hear me when I speak, and people who don't know who I am.

Writing is powerful. I can say whatever I want to say.

Working for a publisher is an even more powerful thing. Publishers provide a mode of distribution. More and more people can see what I have to say. I could write all I wanted, but without a publisher, it is nearly impossible that anyone would see or hear me.

I may want to pursue a career in Journalism. I think writing as a career and informing others could be rewarding. Yet the problem with working for a publisher is that I am limited. Someone puts a filter through my mouth and I can no longer say whatever I want to say in my words. I can't create any story I want. I have to create what people would want to hear. I have to think the way others would because professional writing is a more or less a company. You must put out what people would be interested in reading.

I can't be myself.

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I can't say something that would be offensive or illiterate.

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But am I still understood?

IF I WRITE like THIS canyou STILL HEar mE¿

I'd like to think you can. Writing is freedom. Nobody can stop me from creating the stories I want to create and scribing them into formalities. But if I do not stick to a certain format and design, I will not be heard.

Because of the way our world is formatted, working alone is just about impossible to do. Nobody will listen to me or care about my words unless a publisher publishes my words and brands my name.

I admire the professional writers of the world. I am sure it is grueling and frustrating to have to write for the public. It cannot be easy to have to go through extremely long processes that could take years to have your voice shared, if at all.

I want to write and I want to be heard.

But at what cost will I go?