Hello!

Hello there!

My name is Ana, I'm 21 years old and I'm from Portugal. I live in the capital, Lisbon, where I study Law and work a part-time job at a small company.

I've loved writing ever since I was a little kid. I've always devoured books like I was the cookie monster devouring, well, cookies (duh) and I started writing a bunch of books when I was a teenager. However, I grew up, and because of university I was kind of forced to stop reading non-Law books and start studying Law books instead. It got to the point (as it does with every Law student, I assure you) where if I was reading some sort of other book, I would feel guilty.

However, the truth is that I've always had a very very fertile imagination and a certain plot would keep getting inside my head constantly. A few days ago I decided that I had to do something about that, so I started to write again. I started a blog about my extremely average life, and secretly started a book about the story in my head. I don't really care if it gets published or not, I just want to somehow give it life and stop it from being in my head every time I listen to music, every time I walk, everything.

Some people (dull, boring people, surely) might say I actually have a mental problem, seeing as I keep imagining myself in a different world doing all kinds of stuff and sometimes even crying about it (calm down, someone dies. Calm down), but I say I just have to write that story down and get it out (mostly) of my system.

Alright, I'm aware I just rambled way too much, so I'll just publish it and pretend it never happened.

Nice to meet you all!

 

Hi Ana, and welcome! Sounds like you'll fit right in.

Here's our New Member Guide to get you started. Hope to see you around.

-Kat

 

Thank you very much, @KaTrian I'll be sure to check it out!

 

Don't worry, we're all a little nuts. *insert emoticon*

 

Hi, welcome to the forum. I live in my story when I'm writing it. And I live in books when I'm reading them as well.

 

Exactly!

I completely agree

 

Hey, @Swiveltaffy, did you just call me a nut?
Garbage, sure, but a nut?

(^sarcasm^)

 

And welcome, @Ana Silva!
I'm pretty sure you will fit right in. There is nothing more wonderful about creating a story than living it.

Cheers.

 

Hey! I can barely read that sarcasm font at the bottom. What if I had a 4k monitor or sat farther from the screen? But you're right; I should've been more sensitive: you make good manure.

 

I never said you were supposed to see that text, did I?
And yes, manure is one of my specialities.

 

Welcome.