Mudita Monday: I haven’t written in years...

You’d be surprised how often people ask to submit random pieces that they wrote for a school assignment or a few years in the past. In fact they usually say something along the lines of, “Well, I haven’t written in years but there was this one poem I wrote when I was in middle school. A lot of people liked it. Is it okay if I submit it?”

And we always have one simple question to find out whether that piece has any value. Are you passionate about it?

Don’t just submit a piece that you have no emotion or passion for anymore. Because that piece could win awards like no other and it still wouldn’t amtter because you don’t have any feeling for it. Accomplishments won’t feel like accomplishments without your emotions.

And yes, maybe having a passion for your piece is why rejection hurts so badly because how dare the reviewer not see the effort, the sweat, the tears, or the burning pain you poured into your piece? But at the same time, any success that piece recieves will feel totally worth it. That beautiful bliss of achievement and being accomplised is within reach if you write with passion.

So don’t be afraid to pick up the pen after years of not writing. Trust us, if you aren’t enthusiastic about a piece or just writing for writing without any effort, that will translate to your reader.

So in all honesty, it doesn’t matter if you wrote a piece a year ago or within the last minute. All you need is your passion.

- Mudita Team

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