New to the party

[alluxera]

Wow, this is my first post here. I'm new to the party and LJ.
I love the OC and I love all the fanfiction, I know all the wonderful writers out there, I really hope I can find the courage to comment. But in the moment I don't know what I am doing...LOL

Comments

[ryanforever]

Hey,
Just thought that I'd let you know that since your new and don't have many friends yet, I thought that I'd add you to my friends list. I hope that you enjoy LJ as much as I do.

[alluxera]

Thank you very much, you guys are all really nice here and I enjoy it very much. I was lurking for a long time but then I decided now or never and I think this was the best decision ever. It's not easy to write english comments but I hope I will get better with the practice . And sometimes I will write something but can't get a sentence right, so please don't worry when I don't comment on every update, I'm still reading!

[katwoman76]

it's not easy to write english comments but I hope I will get better with the practice .
That sounds very familiar to me. But I guess by now you realized that it really get's easier with some practise. After a while it just feels natural to read/comment in english.

[alluxera]

You are right it really gets easier, I have the feeling I learn here more english as I ever did in school, but you know sometimes it is not easy to overcome my inhibitions. Fanfiction reading is easy, but saying what I like to say and what I feel about it is another thing. Sometimes I have so many things in mind but I can't get it out. But I try and the people here are all so nice and I read the stories now for such a long time I don't want to lurk anymore. Now I know what I missed in the last years. Thank you for your reply.

[katwoman76]

I know, sometimes it's hard to find the right words. But on the other hand - I personally feel way more secure about my English by now. School English never had that effect.
But fanfiction and the kind and lovely flisters here really helped to overcome my fear, so that now I don't just read and comment (without even thinking much about the fact that I do it in English instead of German), but even started to actually talk to flisters in English - and talking in English was something I really wouldn't do before. I would start stuttering and not get a word out, but now - not a problem anymore.

[alluxera]

and talking in English was something I really wouldn't do before. I would start stuttering and not get a word out

LOL, I can relate, this was exactly what I have done on my first journey to the US. I've always send my friend to do the talking, but at the end of the trip I was much more confident.
But here on LJ I have at least two different dictionaries open so that I can look up some words, in real life it is another thing.But the people in the "english speaking world" are all so nice, I've never made bad experiences, and school and real life: two worlds collide.