My Writing, My Baby

This is an analysis of what happened when strangers read what I wrote after it was published on a major news feed.

One of the places where I contribute articles seemed to be encouraging me  to accept an assignment.  There was an application to receive the assignment, the assignment, and then a second version of the assignment which seemed identical to the first.  I wanted to write the article, but I did not really for sure want to publish a picture with it.  However, the assignment required such.

First, I submitted the application to write the article.  Second, I responded to the first assignment given to me, and ignored the identical one.  I was careful not to be "ranting" or "angry," because the instructions specified my article would not be rejected if I wrote in such a fashion.   For some reason, the first person point of view is very easy for me, and that's what the editor wanted.  My submitted article remained on my "dashboard" for days.  I went on to create something entirely from my own brain matter.  I guess you could say I put the assigned article on the back burner. 

When I last came home from my shift at work, I saw that my article had been published.  This was one of the first times something was published without a second approval from me.  Anyway, I was not being paid and upfront fee for this one, and it was published in a slightly different venue than my past stories.  My dashboard still says there have been no page views.  However, when I go to the link, the number of comments keep increasing.  The last time I checked, the comments had risen to 99.  Also, I was amazed how much ranting and raving was present in the comments of my tranquil little feature article.  

The main message I am trying to convey is that when I read the comments I felt hurt and angry.  I saw that some people had such narrow viewpoints that my words were not truly read or heard.  I will certainly consider this when future assignments are given to me.