Paper Leaves: Introduction

Hi~ I'm a young girl hailing from the Philippines. The type of person that'll talk to you about a lot of stuff that'll go from trending issues to a variety of things that I deem entertaining.

Creative writing is my fortè. Anyone who knows me well will most certainly tell you that. I love reading, I write a lot of stories, poems, articles and more. I also write songs, but only a handful of people know about this.

I had to write the book of my life for a school project a year ago, so I asked my family about myself from the time I grew my first baby tooth to the point that I'd build blanket forts that I'd be scolded for afterwards.

I found out that my fondness for books started when I was a kid, 2 to be exact. I had vague memories about picture books and being talkative as a child.

My vague memories were soon confirmed when my aunt told me she used to read me bedtime stories and that I'd ask them to read the same story over and over that I actually memorized it.

They were astonished because I was able to read a paragraph when no one has taught me how to read and speak yet. That didn't last long though cause when they pointed out specific words, I couldn't say anything.

Timeskip to my elementary days, when I'd often win first place in contests that involved writing and reading. I was always called to read psalms and readings in the holy mass.

Back then, Archive of our Own wasn't very popular yet, which was perfect, for I'm extremely scared of making other people read what I write but I wanted to improve my confidence so I uploaded my first story which was an anime fanfiction.

I wasn't really expecting any good results, I wanted to think of the worst so I wouldn't get disappointed. However, by the first month it got a smashing twenty thousand hits.

As it is hidden from everyone, I celebrated this small achievement alone. I continued to write more stories then eventually poems and started interacting with my followers.

I was ten at this time. Getting feedback from people really got me improving and I started to realize the mistakes I made as I wrote and read more.

I get too lost in the sky full of my thoughts that I struggle to keep things organized, I learned to keep my ideas in order and to focus on a certain topic.

About a few months into this, I finally had the courage to make my friends read my stories and they told me to try Wattpad, which I did.

I always wrote during my free time and the number of people who loved my stories gradually increased. This got me seriously overjoyed and in this point of my life, I got even more hooked into writing.

Everything went really well until my mom decided to take away my Ipad probably because I spent most of my time playing and writing.

I tried talking her into giving it back by saying I'll do my chores and all, unfortunately she said she'll only return it when she's satisfied. I didn't really pay much attention into that and thought it'll last for just a couple of days.

But then days turned to weeks, weeks turned to months and months to years. 3 years had gone by and by the time she returned it, I've already forgotten all of my accounts and passwords :<

I am now fifteen years old and after taking a 4 year break in writing, I decided to give it another shot and maybe even earn from it.

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