ZonderZorg

Oh, my! What an honour and surprise. My 'Vintage Deception' won Second Place in ONC 2026. I'm delighted that such a serious, reality-based work did so well.
          	
          	https://www.wattpad.com/story/407340064-vintage-deception

Real_nightman

@ZonderZorg Experience often bring the best results!
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Lazy_lanu

I saw you across multiple writing contests, giving information and helping first timers. I'm new to contests too and your replies to first timer's question was really helpful, I appreciate that, thank you ☻

Lazy_lanu

@ZonderZorg By 2027, you have wrote for about 60 YEARS, that sounds so magical to me. 
            
            What was the driving force behind your this long' writing journey? Like, have you ever faced not much visibility to your written works and felt kind of demotivated? Have you ever felt like “No one seems so invested or curious about my work, perhaps I'm not a good writer”
            
            I have felt like that a lot. Is it to be expected while being a writer? 
            
            Having expectations for people to like your writing or material is not abnormal right?
            
            I have only met confident people who seems write with a belief that their work is best. So, I wanna know if having low confidence because of less visiblity or books not going to the targeted reader is just some brush off like feeling or something to think about perhaps, low visiblity or a continuous reader disappearing midway seems like something's wrong with the work?
            
            Anyways, I'm very glad to meet someone so experienced in the writing world, I wish to write so long as you have. 
            
            If was pleasant talking to you, thank uou
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Lazy_lanu

@ZonderZorg it's a pity that I'm stuck in the middle of a pantser and a planner T_T🤣
            
            I tried managing my simultaneous-multiple story writing habit for the past two years but I don't seem to figure out a plan anytime soon. The story's gonna get to where it's destined to, I guess
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ZonderZorg

@Lazy_lanu – To answer your first question – just write. But as a pure pantser, this wouldn't work if you're a planner.
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ZonderZorg

Oh, my! What an honour and surprise. My 'Vintage Deception' won Second Place in ONC 2026. I'm delighted that such a serious, reality-based work did so well.
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/407340064-vintage-deception

Real_nightman

@ZonderZorg Experience often bring the best results!
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ZonderZorg

Whoo-hoo! My novel, 'The Delfe Treasure', has been featured by HistoricalFiction this month.
          https://www.wattpad.com/1643604315-historical-of-the-month-july-2026-the-delfe

ZonderZorg

@NicoletteSalle – Thank you, Nicolette. I hope you enjoy it.
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NicoletteSalle

@ZonderZorg Congratulations! I added the book to my reading list. I love historical fiction.
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ZonderZorg

Whoo-hoo! My novel, 'The One', heads the list in the First Edition of lgbtq's new initiative, 'The Lavender Library', 
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/411544475-the-lavender-library