Do you write? Anything. Short stories? Poetry? Young adult stories? Non-fiction? Do you have a story hidden in your heart that needs to be told? If you have ever wondered if you could really be a writer, this is your lucky day! The Cape Cod Writers Center is sponsoring a writing contest. This is not only for local Cape Cod Writers. This is countrywide. Anyone, anywhere can submit a piece in a number of different categories.
Oh yeah, I hear you.
Me? A writer? I mean I write some stuff, but enter a writing contest? Nah. Not me.
Then….
Hmm…you really think I should? I mean, I have a story…
Yes! Yes, you should. It’s only a contest. You may not even place in it. But you know what you will have done? You will have walked to the edge of your comfort zone. You will have given life to a “what if” that’s been banging around in your brain for years. You will have given life to a story that just needs to be told. Yes, you should submit because it will get you off that ledge. You will type something. You will experience a whole new zone.
Write your story. Hit send. Who cares what happens? The important part is that you will have learned something about your hidden self.
And so, as another day goes by, go ahead – hit Cape Cod Writers Center Writing Contest and let your spirit come alive and soar, and…I have written. (And YOU can too!)
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