Writing.

I was reading a blog of somebody I have recently become reacquainted with, who I used to know a lot time ago. The writing was amazing, if I could I would post them on here just to show you how wonderful, deep, funny, interesting and unique they are.

After reading these blogs, I thought "why don't I write blogs about broad and important topics that anyone could spend forever discussing?" He wrote about subjects like religion, sex, crime, fears, monsters & vampires! And other crazy, interesting things. So I am going to try and write some blogs of proper topics instead of rambling on vaguely about my life and things that are happening to me and the people that I care about.

Right now though, I am wasting time writing a blog when I should be writing a script for Radio 4 about 'Language and Power' for my English Language coursework. Any ideas? Actually, it's not ideas that I'm struggling for particularly, it's just that I always have more interesting things to write. Like, for instance, blogs on here about absolutely nothing. Well, that is going to change. I want to write a piece that will make people think "wow" when they read it and then they'll want to read the rest of my stuff because they find it interesting, or because the writing is so good. I'd love to be able to able to write. There are a lot of things I'd love to be good at, but to be an amazing writer - a writer that really stands out from the rest of all of the aspiring writers - that would be a dream come true.

I write blogs on here all the time, any time I have a spare hour or so and I have an idea - or if I don't have an idea and I just want to write! The spare hour that I pretend is spare but it isn't really spare, it's just tedious or unimportant.

I would like someone to read my blogs who doesn't know me that well, or who knows me and won't judge me for my opinions, so that they could tell me what they think of the writing and whether they have any potential at all. Without hearing someone tell me that they don't have potetential then I'm going to believe they do. I know that is going to be a huge mistake later in life and I'm going to have a massive let down when I don't make it. Maybe I shouldn't get my hopes up so much for everything, it just ends up with me being let down, disappointed and hurt.

734 words. 734 out of 1000. That's not bad going really, for how long I've spent on it (even though I haven't done the hard bit yet) and I don't think it is of a terrible standard either. Watch, I'll say that now and then get a D for it. Fingers crossed - I need 95% so an A would be good, please!

I'm going to finish my English coursework now, I'm going to work really hard on it so that I can get an A, go to university and get a good degree and then become a writer. Hopefully. That's the plan. When does my life ever go to plan? But it's worth a try.


One day, if you see a book or an article or a poem published and it's by Bethan Jones - hope for my sake that it is me and one dream of mine has come true in my life. Just one.

Dream. Hope. Believe.
And work hard so that you give youself a chance to make it.

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