Cassandra

hi followback me please 

Happy New Year! It's 2015. This is happening, guys. I've only been on this site for about 8 months, and I've loved every minute of it. You guys are great, and remind me of why I love being a part of the writing community above all else. The sense of camaraderie and the support system we have here is amazing. I'll be graduating and starting college later this year, and good luck to those seniors that I'm following and/or follow me. Let's make it a good one!

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/Happy Thursday everyone! I haven't even been on wattpad for a year, and all of you have been unbelievably amazing, especially since I've started posting my writing. Here's to my first Christmas season as a Wattpad writer, and I'm so grateful to know all of you! Have a safe and wonderful winter break! 

Got accepted into one of my top schools as of today! 
          So nice to see all of the hard work and sleepless nights pay off!

you should post your superhero story because i wanna read it. :D

LISTEN TO PEOPLE, FOR IT WILL INSPIRE YOUR WRITING. This really quirky kid had a stroke of brilliance today when he said "People are monsters. Why do you
           think we name hurricanes after them?" Some people are so poetic, they don't even realize it.

IT IS SNOWING. WHY. I'M DONE. MY DAY IS RUINED.

Four college applications done, NaNoWriMo is in progress.

Writing PSA
          If you normally listen to music when you write, listen to Hans Zimmer on Pandora or any other source if what you have been listening to isn't working or you need/want a change. It's mostly movie scores that are naturally motivatiing. I'm using it to write my college essays.

So, I'm lame and I used to write fanfiction for the Harry Potter fandom (not the gross stuff, and I say used to because I haven't recently, but I might do it in the future). Over the weekend I had two very irritating reviews on my works. One called me sexist because I made the assumption that a family name would end because the family had no sons, without stating that the girls could possibly have sympathetic husbands in the future that would take their maiden name instead. Also, this individual thought it ridiculous that the patriarch of the family would worry about this when the girls are still young. I tried to explain my reasoning with my real life experiences of these two issues but this individual still persisted, and made up her own scenarios where her argument would be appropriate to continue to tell me I was wrong.
          
          The second reviewer decided that she would complain about which house I sorted each character into, and about which characters were friends with each other before announcing that "she shall not read this anymore." I fought off the urge to respond  sarcastically with, "However shall I recover from such a crushing blow?" but I didn't. 
          
          Despite this issue, I do welcome opinions when I'm given feedback. I also love  criticism  when it is constructive. However, it's helpful when you tell me what I'm doing right with what I may be doing wrong. 
          
          Just a reminder to keep it polite and considerate when giving any sort of feedback to anyone, and if you receive feedback like the examples above, know you aren't alone.