Pickles n' Tickles by JJ

I've been writing the past months. The writer's studio has been a positive influence . The team of writers from all sorts of background were lovely and talented, and we were full of validation and support for each other's work. It was like AA for writers. Writers Anonymous. No one shamed you for anything. Even the lady who was often off-topic, received rave reviews on each exercise by the tutor. I felt more than empowered and truly believed that I was in the territories of untapped talent within me, so much so I went from wanting to just reawaken my old desires to write short stories to actually toying with the idea of writing a full manuscript. With that sort of naivety/ motivation, I could have actually gone on and written one. I was on a roll, or, in the element with the best kind of people propelling my ego. When my time with the studio ended, reality surfaced. The motivators went silent and soon, the link to the group did a 404 on me. I have to say, I felt a little dej...