Sincerely Yours

It took two girls to come up with the idea of a community for young writers. It took a few seconds of typing to activate a Twitter account. It took an hour for Young Writers Philippines to have eighty followers.  It took you to make this dream a success. And you have what it takes to make your dream come true.

Hello, young writers! Welcome to the official Young Writers Philippines site. Although this isn’t your typical “.com” page commonly used by well-known organizations around the world, we hope to give you the same amount of help that those organizations offer. Throughout the years to come, we will post tips on writing – how to improve it, how to sustain it, and how to use it. We hope you’ll find them to be useful. It’s what we want to do for all of you.

Writing is not something you can simply learn. Yes, true, writing is being taught in preschool but that isn’t the kind of writing we’re talking about. Writing takes a lot of heart; you need to have the passion to write, or else you’ll be writing for petty things. We believe that you, writers of the Philippines, have brilliant minds and burning hearts that desire to scribble and type away furiously. We want you to keep that attitude. We want you to be who you are. We want you to be writers.

It’s time to show the world who you are. You have the right to use your talent. Stop believing that your dreams will not come true, because they will. You just need that little push to get you moving, and we’re here to help you out. Don’t be afraid of your dreams. Grasp them tightly and never let go. There is no such thing as a stupid dream.

The two of us never thought this could be something greater. We thought it would have only a few members, and stay that way until the end of time. But we didn’t give up. We pushed on and on until it finally dawned on us that this could be something extraordinary. What we’re saying is, don’t lose hope. Writing may not be favored by your family or your peers, and maybe even both, but it’s what you want to do. Do what you love, and the rest will follow.

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