Finding Your Way Back to Writing: A Storyteller’s Journey

Feeling stuck in your little job? Maybe this story can help you be a little braver and dive right into your passion.

A. D. Wrae
5 min readMar 10, 2023
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I have always been a writer at heart. As a kid, I would fill notebooks with stories, poems, and daily musings about my life. Journaling was the default outlet for me, a way to process all the thoughts and emotions that I did not understand.
It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I started sharing my writing with others, under cleverly picked pseudonyms, of course.

Blogging became popular during my teenage years, and I found myself drawn to the idea of having an online platform to share my thoughts and experiences with like-minded individuals. My blog became a place where I could express myself freely and connect with others who shared similar interests. It was through that experience that I realized writing could be more than just a hobby, it could be a career.

In 2016, I landed my first job as an advertising copywriter. It was a dream come true, and I was excited to work in such a creative and fertile field.
However, I soon found that the demands of the job were quite draining and were not very rewarding. Coming up with new ideas and clever headlines for morally ambiguous…

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A. D. Wrae

I write about books, creative processes, and mental health. Currently working on my debut novel that will be released on 14/02/2025.