"now hiring" says the sign

[Cloud]

NUUUUU DUCKY EMBRACE YOUR OWN AWESOMENESS! -huggleclings-

[Thistle]

"....o.o Thistle is only eleven? You are a roleplaying PRODIGY, woman. I mean, I thought Toasty was good for her age, but wow..."
--x--
/hadn't realized that i never mentioned my age before
Nah, I'm not that good. I've just been roleplaying for a long time now... three years, now that I think about it. cx

[Darky [Megan]]

Which means you started when you were nine, which is about the same age I started too. I think. Or it could've been at ten. =o I believe you have either a very literate community about your midst irl, or you simply have a gift at writing.

Where do you live, anyway, Thistle?

And Ducky, most of us feel inferior at some point, I think. It could probably just be a brief phase you're going through. If you can, you might want to take a step back and look at the situation to find out what's bothering you, exactly. I know that helps me. =) -shrug-
Personally I think that with the angst-filled fuel Rainstripe has been providing lately, your posts have become far more detailed and expressive. Are you used to doing angst? If not, it could be that you just need a little more time to get used to handling such a character and are unsure of whether or not you're doing a good job.

-scratches head- I hope that made some sense.

[Thistle]

South Korea. I moved here when I was eight. :3

[Ten]

May 6, 2010 7:30:55 GMT -5 Thistle said:

Are you going to quit Starless once college comes around, Ten? -clings-

-Thistlecling- Quit Starless? Never! I'm just afraid of how much time college will take up. This place needs active staff.


"I'd love to be a mod, but then again, I'm only eleven and"
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WHAT. How can you be only eleven?

May 8, 2010 0:22:11 GMT -5 Darky [Megan] said:

Which means you started when you were nine, which is about the same age I started too. I think. Or it could've been at ten.

Hey.


"And Ducky, most of us feel inferior at some point, I think."
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This is true. I was once browsing a modern rp forum and there were people who posted with, like, a dozen mega-paragraphs.

May 8, 2010 1:11:32 GMT -5 Thistle said:

South Korea. I moved here when I was eight. :3

=o Do you know Korean?


Anyway, all y'all have great qualifications, so I might as well just be telling you to be more active if you want the job. x)

[duckyaisha]

I think that roleplaying Rainstripe has helped me develop my posts, since now even my Patchfur and Dingypaw posts are longer and more expressive. But I also feel like you, Ten, and Cloud (haven't seen Thistle roleplay very much) do a better job of expressing your cat's emotions and stuff. I started roleplaying 3 years ago, so maybe I just need more experience. Like Darky, if you've been roleplaying since you were 9 and you're 14 (I don't know if you are or not) then you'd have 2 years more experience from me. I never know if I'm doing a good job or not when I roleplay.

Actually, I think I know what the problem is.
You see, in my school, I am one of the best writers. (Terrifying to think there are no Darkies or Clouds at my school, yes?) On my Neopets guild, I was one of the best writers. I come here, and suddenly I'm not. I'm not one of those people who has to be the best in everything, but I do want to be the best in the things I think I'm really good at. I assumed that writing was one of those things, and when I come here and you guys are so freaking good, I start to feel like maybe writing isn't something that I'm really good at. I wouldn't feel that way if you guys were like 16, but to find out that one of you is 11 and the rest are around 14? It really makes me wonder whether I'm as good as I thought I was. (except Ten) Now even though I have an idea for a long story/novel (depending on how long it is) I'm questioning whether or not I should do it. More importantly, it feels like now I've lost something of myself. I thought writing was one of my major skills, combined with smartness in school, and now I don't know.


However, I've only recently begun to devote a lot of time to Starless. Before, I took maybe 3 minutes to post, now my longer posts take 5-10 minutes. And I barely have 20 minutes on this site on weekdays.

[Thistle]

"WHAT. How can you be only eleven?"
--x--
-waves birth certificate- But in Korean age, where you add another year to your actual age, I'm twelve. :3

"Do you know Korean?"
--x--
Just enough to get by, actually. My mom gave up on trying to make me fluent, so I learn a little bit from my friends.

@ducky (your post is so long ^^)
You are a good writer/roleplayer, Ducky. There's always going to be some competition about the best writer; nobody can really help that. But if you believe you're good, you are good. And other people believe that too; look at your posts with Rainstripe now!
Oh, and also, I think you should write your story idea out. I just know that it'll be great. ^^

[Cloud]

XD It amuses me how Thistle has jaw-dropped the admins of both FoF and Starless.

[duckyaisha]

I don't believe in the power of belief. I can believe that I'll get an Olympic gold medal in the 200 fly, but it's not going to happen.
I can believe that I'll draw a good person, but if I never practice drawing people then I won't. Belief is useless unless you've put in the work.
I can't believe in myself until I have verification from others. Unless someone tells me 'hey! That's awesome!' I won't think I'm good at something. For example, I know I'm good at school-related things because my report card tells me so. Since you guys all think I'm good at writing, I can start to believe in myself more. It's just hard to go from being really good to being average, you know? I've never had that happen before, so it's kind of like a failure in my eyes. I'm going to try really, really, really hard to improve all my posts, even the Dingypaw and Patchfur ones. Practice makes perfect, as they say.
I just have to try harder, I guess.

[Ten]

May 8, 2010 10:03:14 GMT -5 duckyaisha said:

You see, in my school, I am one of the best writers. (Terrifying to think there are no Darkies or Clouds at my school, yes?) On my Neopets guild, I was one of the best writers. I come here, and suddenly I'm not. I'm not one of those people who has to be the best in everything, but I do want to be the best in the things I think I'm really good at. I assumed that writing was one of those things, and when I come here and you guys are so freaking good, I start to feel like maybe writing isn't something that I'm really good at.

mm, I felt a little of that when I started going to a new, bigger school -- there are a lot more people who are dumber than I am there, but because there are just so many people in general, there are now a lot more people who make grades at least as good as, if not better than, my own. I wanted to compete with them and beat them all, but I've realized that although the smart kids can beat me at a lot of things, there are also some things that I'm better than all of them at, and those are little nuances that grades don't show.


"I wouldn't feel that way if you guys were like 16, but to find out that one of you is 11 and the rest are around 14? It really makes me wonder whether I'm as good as I thought I was. (except Ten)"
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Huh? Sorry, I can't tell what you're excepting me from.


"Now even though I have an idea for a long story/novel (depending on how long it is) I'm questioning whether or not I should do it."
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Do it. If this is your first attempt at a novel, then heck no you're not going to finish it, but act like you will. It's experience.


"More importantly, it feels like now I've lost something of myself. I thought writing was one of my major skills, combined with smartness in school, and now I don't know. "
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Aw, Ducky. There are all sorts of types of writing. Not being an athlete, I'll be running blind with this analogy, but I'm thinking "writing" is, although its own category, much broader than people tend to give it credit for, much like "sports". People who are "good at sports" are likely to have skills in more than one sport, but just because one guy is better than you at tennis doesn't mean you're a bad athlete, right? You can have talents in all sorts of more specified areas. You are a good writer. You're finding out that writing is not as simple as you thought it was; you'll need to explore to discover what types of writing you're best at and develop your voice.


"Belief is useless unless you've put in the work."
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Work is required, but confidence can help.


"I can't believe in myself until I have verification from others."
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Well don't become too dependent. To some extent, though, everyone is like that. People can say "I don't care what other people think" all they want and it still won't be true.


"I'm going to try really, really, really hard to improve all my posts, even the Dingypaw and Patchfur ones. Practice makes perfect, as they say.
I just have to try harder, I guess. "
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I know it's hard, but you should also look at the bright sides to this -- you're in a community of your peers now, and we're encouraging you to never stop improving.