Hi all,
You may or may not remember me and my novel 'Dissonance.' I would not expect you to; it has been over two years since I completed it.
'Dissonance' was my baby for two years, beginning as an idea in my fourteen-year-old mind. At first, I thought I was writing a one-of-a-kind, original story. I now know that there is no such thing as an original story in the creative multiverse, and I learned that as I wrote. In spite of that, I continued pouring my entire being into the novel because it was my *baby* that I had to see to term.
Then, at some point in the year after its completion, I decided to unpublish and delete it and my other works from Wattpad. I wholeheartedly regret it, erasing my first baby from existence. After the fact, I hated myself for getting rid of my greatest personal feat. 'Dissonance' may not have been the most insightful or popular piece of writing on here, but it was my opportunity to grow as a writer. Two years I had invested in it: gone.
Last month, I franticly searched for traces of 'Dissonance' left, until I remembered my Kindle, tucked away in a drawer: the device on which it all began. Luckily, because it had not been connected to Internet in forever, my baby was still saved offline on it! I cried, flipping through each page as though had never tossed it to the abyss of deletion.
And now, I am elated to let you know that I am republishing it. Reading it back, I cringe at the discrepancies to which I was oblivious when I first wrote and edited it; however, the work largely remains as it was two years ago. I want to secure the integrity of the original because I am way too proud of it and my younger self to change it.
Enjoy and share, if you care.
Love,
Jasmine
PS: I chose the name 'Riverdale' for the school LONG before the series first aired. What a coincidence!
