Ellie

I will no longer be using Wattpad. My account will be staying here, at least for now. Anything new that I write (and want to post) will be up on Tumblr at @lonelyoctoberhours. This is the link to the pinned post: https://lonelyoctoberhours.tumblr.com/post/632442938316750848/hi
          
          Thank you for your time, but I'm done here now. 
          
          - Ellie..

Hi.
          
          1) This new layout needs to burn. I have, and probably always will prefer, the way Wattpad was when I made my account, many years ago, to read fanfiction. There were no paid stories, no constantly shifting layouts, an upside down 'm' for a logo, less or no adverts interrupting the flow of stories. I don't think there were such intrusive adverts when I started using Wattpad. I'm really disappointed in the ways it has changed, honestly. 
          
          2) I've haven't been here reading or writing in a while, and when I have been I've been inconsistent. I'm pretty sure the only reason I still use this platform is for my friends that post their art or writing here. Once they stop, I think I will too. I don't get joy out of this app anymore, my favourite authors are fickle with keeping their stories up or have completely disappeared from the platform. It's a shame really. This was supposed to be a place for people to write, whether to clear their minds or to hone their skills and creativity, and I feel like it's lost its spark and homemade style and has become more of a corporate entity.
          
          I realise this platform doesn't bring me as much joy as it used to. It's a shame, I suppose, I used to spend hours on here, sleepless night of reading chapter after chapter of my favourite stories, and now they're either gone, left discontinued, or they just don't provide that same joy for me anymore. Maybe this is a phase I'll get over, I'll revive my love for this platform, however, I doubt that massively.
          
          It's a shame. This platform has changed and has lost what it used to be, in my opinion. It really is a shame, looking back on how much time I threw at this app, reading or writing. 
          
          If you read this, thanks. I know it's just a long ramble. 
          
          - Ellie. 

For anyone interested:
          
          @AJ12-11-19 is trying to start up a poetry contest, where the only rule (as of this moment) is to make sure that it rhymes. Please go and message her if you're interested, I'm sure she wants to see as many people there as possible. 
          
          Have a good one! :)
          - Ellie 

So about the Lonely Hours poem does it mostly talks about how you feel about certain things and the current society because some of your poems I notice does have deeper meanings about it.

Just for anyone who would like to know:
          
          There is a YouTuber, Rachel Oates, who has started something called the Fresh Poets Society. June's theme is isolation, so we all have plenty of inspiration for that, I'm sure!
          
          Her most recent video (as of typing this) has details at the very end as to how to submit poems to her. (This video is on one of Oscar Wilde's short stories, so you may find it interesting anyway.) 
          
          Go and support her, as she's a lovely person. 

I was tagged by @luckytiger5 to do this. However, you will have it on my message board because I am too lazy to make a separate book for these rare occasions!
          
          1) Do you care about what others think of you? - It really depends on the people or situation.
          
          2) Middle Name? - Ann
          
          3) Favourite sport? - Netball or basketball
          
          4) Best Friend? - Am I allowed to say more than one person? @ThanksForCheckingIn, @Teddi456, @AJ12-11-19, @luckytiger5
          
          5) Someone you couldn't live without? - My best friends (^^^) and my family. I know that's more the one, but what can I say? I'm incredibly dependent.
          
          6) Favourite name/nickname that others call you? - In the past, Ells, and right now, Ellian. 
          
          7) Are you more cute or sexy? - Neither, cheers for the attempt though.
          
          8) What are your preferred pronouns? - She/Her (?)
          
          9) Have you ever been asked out? - Yes, more than once, by old friends and no one else. 
          
          10) Do you believe in true love/soulmates? - Soulmates, sure, why not? True love, debatable.
          
          11) What are your top three pet peeves? -
          A. People who run their mouth for the sake of annoying other people.
          B. Leaving rubbish next to a bin and not moving it the 10cm to be in the bin.
          C. Unreliable headphones.
          
          12) Do you consider yourself an emotional person? - Yeah, I'm a bit of mess. However, the apathy does jump out every now and then, as does the sadism and schadenfreude.

Cheers for over 1k reads on Lonely Hours, it means a lot to me. 
          
          - Ellie

Thank you for putting my book in your reading list!! I hope yoy really enjoy the book i was still working on it and making it interesting!! Again thank you and have a nice day!!

Thank you for adding my book to your reading list! I hope you enjoy it, or can at least tolerate it XD. I hope you have a lovely day ❤

So, I finished up "Just A Mess". A full 200 poems of my own unraveling and ups and downs over the past year and a half. (I wrote a lot of them before I started publishing.)
          
          "Just A Mess" is full of the feelings of a teenage girl who is confused about her mental state and sexuality, a girl who cares too much for the friends she loves dearly. It's also full of ideas, allusions to songs she felt important. It's a documentation of how I feel and how I changed from #1 to #200, through my emotional state (and writing style). It's very personal, an insight into someone insignificant. It means a lot to me as someone who uses writing as a form of release and catharsis, compared to someone who writes to send a message or just for the fun of it.
          
          Anyway, to everyone who has read it, good friend or complete stranger, thank you so much. You don't understand what it means to me. 
          
          Have a nice day/night. 
          - Ellie.