At first, I thought, WTF, but, I realized that I was actually just jealous.

Wattpad stories (novels/short stories) are being published left and right at the moment, and are becoming today's teens' literary works. She's Dating the Gangster and Diary ng Panget (Yes, pangEt. My Lingguistics prof would flip.) even have movies now. I am all for writers' dreams of getting published come true.

I only have two concerns in this happening. My first concern is that, hopefully, publishing houses are editing  these stories thoroughly, making sure that whichever language the authors are using, the rules of grammar are still followed.

Since I was 13 years old, I've been reading either children's books, thrillers, or law novels (do they call John Grisham a law novel author? I'm not sure what genre that is. Haha.). My share of fantasizing about a prince sweeping me off of my feet would come from the cheesy teleseryes on TV that my family would watch during dinner and homework time. I think if I watched cheesy teleseryes, read cheesy novels, watched cheesy anime, and read cheesy manga, I would be a total hopeless romantic, selling myself cheap to guys who don't really care about me. And that is my second concern, the theme of these stories being about finding love when you're young. Maybe you can, I'm not saying it's impossible. I just hope that it is not being sold to young girls, with the problem of teenage pregnancy already growing.

I'd still have to say thumbs up to the authors, keep writing, keep learning, keep experimenting. And to readers, be smart. You read because you are smart, so be wise, too. Learn to separate fiction from reality, and use your books as inspirations rather than guidelines to living life. Unless you're reading powerful books.

Labels: #manic, #random, %english, `internet

At first, I thought, WTF, but, I realized that I was actually just jealous.

Wattpad stories (novels/short stories) are being published left and right at the moment, and are becoming today's teens' literary works. She's Dating the Gangster and Diary ng Panget (Yes, pangEt. My Lingguistics prof would flip.) even have movies now. I am all for writers' dreams of getting published come true.

I only have two concerns in this happening. My first concern is that, hopefully, publishing houses are editing  these stories thoroughly, making sure that whichever language the authors are using, the rules of grammar are still followed.

Since I was 13 years old, I've been reading either children's books, thrillers, or law novels (do they call John Grisham a law novel author? I'm not sure what genre that is. Haha.). My share of fantasizing about a prince sweeping me off of my feet would come from the cheesy teleseryes on TV that my family would watch during dinner and homework time. I think if I watched cheesy teleseryes, read cheesy novels, watched cheesy anime, and read cheesy manga, I would be a total hopeless romantic, selling myself cheap to guys who don't really care about me. And that is my second concern, the theme of these stories being about finding love when you're young. Maybe you can, I'm not saying it's impossible. I just hope that it is not being sold to young girls, with the problem of teenage pregnancy already growing.

I'd still have to say thumbs up to the authors, keep writing, keep learning, keep experimenting. And to readers, be smart. You read because you are smart, so be wise, too. Learn to separate fiction from reality, and use your books as inspirations rather than guidelines to living life. Unless you're reading powerful books.

Labels: #manic, #random, %english, `internet