I Am The Laziest Vocal Creator

Introduction

Every piece I write that is less than six hundred words makes me feel that I am the laziest of all Vocal Creators. The music is "Lazyitis" by The Happy Mondays. Appropriate? I think so.

Why?

I have just written two abecedarian poems for the Vocal Challenge and I have ideas for another two.

I also dropped two old ones into the challenge as well which will get me shot by certain creators, how dare I recycle my work for a Vocal Challenge?

I feel that I need to write some other form of story between each poem, although often that does not happen, nailing home what I see as my inherent laziness.

The devil inside of me beats me down and I let it at times. I feel that I never write any real stories, by that I mean fiction, but the reality is that I did, three days ago.

My brain almost acts like the mainstream media against me, telling me I am not good enough while my friends and audience tell me my work is amazing. I know I am good enough, and feel I am one of the best poets on Vocal, but that is my opinion, not anyone else's.

One of the reasons why the devil gets his way is my total lack of recognition for any of my resource pieces from Vocal. I wrote a piece on how to write a Villanelle, the people who read it found it very useful but it was ignored by Vocal and most Vocal Creators. The gets a bit like when you are a teenager and have a crush on someone but, to them, you don't exist, and then that starts to make you doubt yourself, but you have to ask "What about those who look up to you? Do you give them your time?"

Your effect on them may be the same as Vocal's effect on me.

Logic says ins should have no effect, but the reality is that it does.

And Some Further Thoughts

Looking at my creations and the work I do in the Vocal Social Society

And the help I give in these two Facebook Groups

I am probably not the laziest Creator on Vocal. I put in a lot of effort part of that is getting Vocal Social Society to 1250 through the Community Adventure program, the latest one you can see here. We always feature four stories from non-members and invite them to join our group.

Our Dynamic Duo highlights two of our members who have been engaging with other members over the past few weeks.

So I do a lot of work indirectly supporting Vocal Creators.

In "Raise Your Voice" and on Discord I push works that I believe should be Top Stories and usually. they are a given that accolade.

So I Got It Wrong

I nearly ditched this piece, but need to write articles like this to prove my worth to myself. I also think it helps others who may feel similar feelings to myself about how worthy they are.

I am told on a daily basis how good my work is, and how much I am loved, and the reality is, that that makes it all worthwhile.

Forget work not being chosen as Top Stories or being placed in Vocal Challenges and look at the reaction that you cause in Vocal and elsewhere just by creating and sharing Vocal Stories.

Vocal gives us a tool and it is up to us to use it properly and reap the benefits, and that is what I am doing and intend to keep doing.

Am I the laziest? A Resounding NO!!!

Am I the Greatest? I am working towards that.