Cody Allen Cole's Blog
July 1, 2018
I am a Writer
It all started when I was young I suppose. I've had this feeling that I was going to change the world. I think it's the same for most of us actually. That's why we all wanted to grow up to be astronauts and superheroes instead of managers or accountants. Then, life tends to have a way of saying that its time for you to grow up and you need to go out and find a "good job" and start saving money for your retirement.
But, for me, that feeling never went away. Also, I have been known to have a bit of an issue with authority so, I wasn't going to let anyone, especially life, tell me what I should be doing.
Eventually, I did grow up. Bummer, right. Like all of us, I realized that happiness is the ultimate goal for us. We all just want to be happy, right.
So, at the ripe old age of 22, I began my pursuit of that ever elusive feeling we call happiness. The idea was to find something that you love to do then, find a way to make money doing that thing. Simple, right. Wrong. It's not simple, but it can be done. I mean, Youtube is flooded with inspirational stories of people who did it, with much worse circumstances than I had.
Anyway, I am an artist and have been for as long as I can remember. My specialty was realistic pencil portraits. It was a passion of mine so, naturally, I thought I could create a business out of this passion. I set up a page through Facebook, uploaded pieces of artwork I'd compiled over the years and offered my services to clients across the country. It didn't go so well. I soon realized that the amount of money I could make, compared to the amount of time I had to spend on a piece wasn't efficient and soon, my passion started to become a burden. So, I laid down my pencil and sketchbook and moved on.
The next few years were filled with, how shall I put it... self-exploration. I had tons of ups and downs which were accompanied by a few reckless habits that were not easy to break. But, with the support of friends telling me to get my shit together, I've picked myself up and am now on the pursuit once again. Only this time, my passion is writing.
I discovered this passion simply by accident. One of the methods that kept me from diving into bad habits became reading. I read a lot when I was young but somehow lost the craving for it when I hit my teenage years. Anyway, while reading many stories, I had an idea for a story of my own, and I just ran with it. I began to write everything down, then proceeded to piece it together into a novel. Needless to say, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. So, around about 25,000 words into this novel I realized that this wasn't the book that I wanted to write but, I knew I did want to write, and that is the important part.
After many more ideas and learning the basics of creative writing, I have come to the conclusion that writing is the passion of my life. I will write and publish as many works of literature as it takes for me to become a professional. And then, I'm going to write some more.
My name is Cody Allen Cole, and I am a writer.
But, for me, that feeling never went away. Also, I have been known to have a bit of an issue with authority so, I wasn't going to let anyone, especially life, tell me what I should be doing.
Eventually, I did grow up. Bummer, right. Like all of us, I realized that happiness is the ultimate goal for us. We all just want to be happy, right.
So, at the ripe old age of 22, I began my pursuit of that ever elusive feeling we call happiness. The idea was to find something that you love to do then, find a way to make money doing that thing. Simple, right. Wrong. It's not simple, but it can be done. I mean, Youtube is flooded with inspirational stories of people who did it, with much worse circumstances than I had.
Anyway, I am an artist and have been for as long as I can remember. My specialty was realistic pencil portraits. It was a passion of mine so, naturally, I thought I could create a business out of this passion. I set up a page through Facebook, uploaded pieces of artwork I'd compiled over the years and offered my services to clients across the country. It didn't go so well. I soon realized that the amount of money I could make, compared to the amount of time I had to spend on a piece wasn't efficient and soon, my passion started to become a burden. So, I laid down my pencil and sketchbook and moved on.
The next few years were filled with, how shall I put it... self-exploration. I had tons of ups and downs which were accompanied by a few reckless habits that were not easy to break. But, with the support of friends telling me to get my shit together, I've picked myself up and am now on the pursuit once again. Only this time, my passion is writing.
I discovered this passion simply by accident. One of the methods that kept me from diving into bad habits became reading. I read a lot when I was young but somehow lost the craving for it when I hit my teenage years. Anyway, while reading many stories, I had an idea for a story of my own, and I just ran with it. I began to write everything down, then proceeded to piece it together into a novel. Needless to say, I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. So, around about 25,000 words into this novel I realized that this wasn't the book that I wanted to write but, I knew I did want to write, and that is the important part.
After many more ideas and learning the basics of creative writing, I have come to the conclusion that writing is the passion of my life. I will write and publish as many works of literature as it takes for me to become a professional. And then, I'm going to write some more.
My name is Cody Allen Cole, and I am a writer.
