For my NaNoWriMo project, I’m going to write about this. It’s been done a thousand times, and it’ll probablly continue being done, in a thousand different ways, but the formula doesn’t change. Girl is popular, girl becomes outcast and meets kind guy. And… you get the drift.
But, today, when I was outlining the fourth chapter, I realized how important it is for people, especially us, teenagers and young adults, to really start appreciating our friends.
I’m telling you from personal experience. I was that girl. Sure, I was not your typical Queen Bee, but in high school, I used to hang out with that kind of people. When things got ugly, guess who was it that picked me up? It was the very friends I’d abandoned for what I thought were my best friends.
Karma sucks, huh?
But even then, after their so much needed support, when everything calmed down I completely set them aside.
Today, I decided I’d write this novel with a new purpose. My protagonist Jen, is not me. (Not at all XD), but her situation could be that of any of us, and even though to get where I am today, with some awesome, crazy friends I had to go through some messed up situations and wouldn’t change any of it; I still think those, the ones who were with me in the worst year of my life, deserved so much more than the friendship I offered them.
To them, I say now: I love you guys, I was less of a wreck with your support.
There are some great people out there, full of talent, and hearts of gold. I wasted a lot of time seeking the acceptance of people who didn’t care about me at all, while there were perfectly good ones right under my nose that thought I was worth the trouble.
Seek that kind of people. Seek the ones that are crazy, look silly in front of others, but that are true and will stick with you even when it’s not ideal, because they are, and they are worth fighting and making up with.
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