I still remember at the first time I interested about literature. I was written a poetry by a pen then wrote words on the paper cause at the time I had no a computer. Nobody teach me about that, I learn about writing by myself, from read how many stories on the magazines.

So when @sndbox made a summer camp contest about writing I am like a time traveller who was thrown away from my place I stand now. I decided to being a part of these contest cuase it’s my world. I think everyone in the world has to know that I loved wrote a love story. They have to know that I am an author and how I was survived in these world. Simply, I will make a flashback about my writing journey here with the steemian who will read my post.

My writing journey has started since 13th years ago when I fell in love with someone who had a nice smile. At the time I still in 8th grade and had no courage to confessed to him so I decided to written that through a poetry. It was sounds a silly thing but since the day I started to wrote a poetry althought mine wasn’t a nice poem. Then I continuously wrote how much poetry and being populer as poetry writer in the school cause my poetry has published in some media.

It was 11th grade when I get my computer so I tried to wrote a short story there. I already saved how many short story, some has published on the media and some still there on my folder.

When I bored to wrote a short story, I started to wrote a long story in novel. I still remember what the tittle of my first novel that I written. It was ‘love contract’ telling about a couple of teenager who had different problem but they were need help each other. It was an extraordinary story with ugly writing way. I had never read any book at the time, I wrote by what I imagined and what wasn't happened in my life. Since I child my favorite reading material came from 'Bobo', a children magazine. Just Bobo cause in my hometwon had no big bookstore, it's just a small bookshop which is sell magazine and the school's books.

I just wrote and never know how to write good. In that story I had a bad spelling, bad structure, and didn’t know what is point of view. Nobody teach me and nothing writing workshop in my hometown untill at 2011 I joined in online writing class called ‘Cendol’.

I and my writer friends 'cendol' at a writing workshop at 2012

Cendol adapted by the name of Indonesian cuisine but is was a abbreviation of CErita Nulis Diskusi OnLine or in english is Online Discussion Writing Story. At that community I met @apilopoly, @anggreklestari, @zakiyahrs and @ayijufridar.

In the class the mentor who is senior writter teach the member about how to writing good, explain what and how much point of view. The smallest and biggest thing about writing I learn in those class included how to submit our work at media and publisher.

Since the day, my writing journey never been a easy. I was received a lot of rejection from media and publisher but I never stop to try. I continuously learn and wrote how much love story so at 2012 my ‘Alline Cungkring’ collection of short story has publised by Indie Publisher. I paid some price to make my dream happened. I really felt my happiness at 2013 when my first novel approved by a publisher.

my first novel. The first tittle was 'Love Contract but Publisher change the tittle become 'True Love'.

Since my first novel being published my spirit continuous rise the high! In the same year, my second novel get published and I am very happy. I got my payout and used it to traveling to Cikole, to attending a writing workshop with my online class, Cendol. Furthemore I get a precious thing is the thing is the relationh the members, I found my new family.

Till the day, I have 10th novel which is published every year since 2013. I know I have to learn more and more learning about writing so I can share my experience to others.

My particular style in writing is third point of view. I learned by the novel that I used to read. Sometimes I used first point of view for made how many words but mostly I used third point of view cause I loved to telling from another side. I think when I telling a story from entire charachter's view I can make my audience conclude what they were read. In addition, when I wrote a story with third point of view, I felt like I am their God. I can made everything happened and didn't happened and didn't happened to them and knowing what they weree thought! Simple.

the half of mine. I'm not took my 10th novel in a photo yet!

For me, writing is not about wrote how many words, created how many stories. Writing for me like I can say what I can't say, change what the world can't be.

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I also wrote a guide how to be a writer with @apilopoly and other cendolers entitled '19 Jurus Mabuk Penulis Sukstress' (19th way to be a sucessful Writer)

Althought my story will end but my writing journey never ending even contiunuous when I joined Steemit. I already met more person who will make me countinuously learning about writing. I felt blessed when I become a writer. I felt blessed when I become a writer. Thank's for the one who had a best smile.

I have to say thank's for @sndbox, @anomadsoul, @GuyFawkes4-20, @martibis and @fingersik for making these awesome contest. I glad be part of this contest. Thank's for the one who had a best smile in my life for being a reason why I lived in literature now. You are the reason I was in the wonderful world.

Thank's for reading my writing journey...