I am a student at a school, a black belt in a martial art, an amateur writer of a genre, and, most important, a Character in a story, hence my name here. The story is known by no-one, not even myself; the plot is unknown, the events undetermined, and the length unforeseeable. The only thing I know is that I have been written into it and have a part to play; for what amount of time no-one will know until it is done.
The above paragraph is vague, sombre, and true. It is true for everyone in the world we live in, whether they know about it or not. In an attempt to reconcile myself as a person and not just a collection of corny sayings, here are a couple other things about myself. As I said, I am an amateur writer, not yet gifted with the ability the stories I have been working upon call for to be completed at a level satisfactory to themselves. I will happily take tips, criticism, and insights about writing, reading, relationships, just life in general. I am a shameless joker, most of my jokes falling flat on the linoleum floor of the bathroom they got drunk in before wandering into my head. However I intend to keep most of that out of this blog. That will be kept in real life and on my deviantArt; the name of which I will give to those who ask. Instead, this blog will hopefully be kept rather serious, but I often can't resist a well placed joke, especially if I'm instructing about something. (my qualifications of doing so being dubious at best)
Before anyone asks about the name of the blog, let me explain it.
The phrase "The pen is mightier than the sword" is one that you are no doubt familiar with, the saying itself having been around since the eighteen hundreds, it's origin even further back than that. The concept is that no matter what a sword can do, the pen is able to evoke a greater response. The idea behind the Penned Sword is just that, with a rather more easy description. A sword that exists in reality is always sharper when written about, if the writing is created well. It gives the sword a feeling of being more of a sword than if you were to actually hold one.
I say created instead of done because a truly well written piece of work is made, not done. Done is an adjective that means "to have finished", and no work of writing is ever completed. The story goes on past the pages, and, while perhaps not as engrossing or exciting as the piece is, it exists just as well.
My goal for this is to give help for those new writers who stumble across here, and to receive the same from those writers who have been at this for a long time, and, in turn, to pass that on.
To finish up this blog, as I have rambled as much as is my right, I leave anyone who reads this with a quote I picked up from someone on deviantArt that perfectly embodies how I want my story, not the story I write, but the story of me, to end:
"I am not afraid to die. I am afraid to be forgotten." -- R (name abbreviated)
