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I used to think that I am destined to become a scientist. As I enjoyed discovering scientific pursuits, I am completely living by the fact that everything in this world can be explained by science. I am in the bliss of realization that not everyone else can understand what I can, unless I will discover  it for the sake of humanity.

Voila! But look where I am now? I am here facing the computer, making articles for the Internet, posting in a blog, and fortunately expressing my self through a keyboard and a computer monitor (a pen and a paper seemed to be obsolete here). Writing for my own sake, and for the humanity’s maybe, is a tedious but fulfilling job. And I can still say that I am fortunate because I have gone through all of these.

What’s with the writing?

Writers often than not settle for a kind of self-expression that is fulfilling to them. In the first place this what writing is all about—freedom of expression. As for me, I am more comfortable in the method of writing that is more personal, interesting, and creative enough to pull the attention of my readers.

But honestly, let me tell you that am not well-rounded enough of all these stuff and of my style in writing, rather put it; do I have a my own distinct style in writing? You judge by having a comment on this post.

What I meant by the phrase “not well-rounded enough” is that, I am a bit hesitant to try new things because I am usually carried away by disappointments from people. You say enough of this immaturity blah blahs. I agree. By now, old lessons should have been learned. And one final thing though: Creative Writing gets me in to the craft.

Let’s get to the point.

As defined by wikipedia, Creative Writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems.

Why choose this kind of medium?

With all the political, social, and economic fuss unfolding the whole earth everyday, would you not want to divert your attention into the distinct point of  view of J.K.Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, or Stephenie Meyer? I know a lot of us has gone mad if not crazy to make this world a peaceful and a happy place to live. You count me in, and I assure you I’d rather float with the air than catch below all the dust that it carries.

To divert our attention means, we are opening new frontiers of our being human and eventually refreshing our minds so that the next time we face the problem we can confront it with a new knowledge and understanding; that we are only humans, hesitant and afraid of our own world but brave enough to overcome it. As Edgar Allan Poe, the most regarded writer in American literature said  “all that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.”

So the next time you are awfully confronted by the world, I recommend you to write your thoughts and ideas, as creatively as you can—you wouldn’t know, you might be penning the next classic story ever told. And this will eventually help you overcome your self and teach you lessons that can only be found as you go along with your chosen medium of expression.

Where to write your Creative Writing piece?

The Internet is a good medium to flaunt what a good writer you are. But as you delve into it, you will find a vast source of knowledge and I tell you it will hit you in the face big time. This is otherwise known as information overload. But what if all this information is capsulized and sprinkled with creative contexts and eventually packaged for the readers to feast on? This is interesting.

Now it is really your chance to try the mainstream Internet. There are numerous sites in cyber space that will lead you in posting your articles, write-ups and creative blobs. And by the way, you can earn extra bucks if you’re dedicated enough to maintain what you have started.

Perhaps, you can grab the technology and set aside that you are destined to become a scientist, like what I did.

Postscript:

In my future posts, you will find some real "stuff" about creative writing. Best regards!:-)


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Common enough today, a model of the credit card in its modern form was first invented by a fiction writer in 1887. Edward Bellamy, author of Looking Backward, mentions the “credit card” in the context of a utopian and socialist American society of the future. His hero falls into a hypnotic, time traveling sleep and is whisked forward through the years a full century, ending up in Boston in the year 2000, a place where he is able to make purchases using a commonly held “credit card”, much to his delight. Credit, however, evolved long before the concept of carrying it around on a card. Credit and debt have been the driving force behind achievements ranging from a man working his way out of debt to a landholder, to Kevin Smith creating Clerks.

The advent of widespread credit card use was not until the 1920’s. At that point in time the credit card was not recognizable as the powerful buying tool it is today. It’s use was fragmented, and very often tied to specific merchants rather than specific banks or “captive banks” as it is today. Later, carrying and using a credit card was simply a way of being able to use your money when you were away from your bank, a common use that debit cards have largely absorbed.

Still later, came partial, or revolving, payment. Initially, most issuers required credit card balances to be paid in full at the end of each pre-determined period. With the introduction of revolving credit came the realization that these cards were not just immensely convenient for the user but could provide impressive amounts of revenue to anyone who wanted to tap into our strong desire to consume. This desire, coupled with new products and the convenience and carefree feel of handing over a card instead of cash, has led some critics to believe that credit cards may have been responsible in part for The Great Depression.

Though different in many ways, the modern incarnation of the credit card relies on the same trusts and understandings as its earliest counterparts. The credit card is not cash, but a representation, sometime of resources that don’t yet exist. The credit card taps into a history of human commercial interaction, created by necessity and re-imagined hundreds of times on its way to 2006. In the future, many predict that we will be living in a paperless society. Many people believe that every money transaction will be purchased with a credit card from a persons cab fair to a candy bar at a vending machine. The credit card has and continues to stand the test of time.


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