Struggling and Succeeding as a Community Writer: The Journey of Mutiara Ananda

Millennial of the Month November 2023, Mutiara Ananda

Mutiara Ananda, Millennial of the Month November 2023 (personal doc/Mutiara Ananda)

“Write with your heart. So, when you are going to create a work, make it a habit to involve your heart in the process of creating the work.” — Mutiara Ananda

Write from the heart. That is the principle adhered to by one of the IDN Times Community Writers, Mutiara Ananda. He emphasized that when he wrote his work wholeheartedly, he would feel satisfied because he could bring the writing to life.

This principle also led Mutiara Ananda to win a number of writing competitions held by the IDN Times Community. Even before joining this platform, he admitted that he didn’t have one basic write at all. Come on, let’s look at the story behind Mutiara Ananda’s struggle as a Community Writer to win Millennial of the Month for the November 2023 period!

1. Science was Mutiara’s topic of choice when she first joined the IDN Times Community

Mutiara Ananda, Millennial of the Month November 2023 (personal doc/Mutiara Ananda)

Mutiara discovered IDN Times Community at the end of 2020 through Quora. After that, he tried to send his works. Like other novice writers on this platform, Mutiara’s path is certainly not easy. One by one the submitted articles go to the Pending page. Even the first five articles ended up not being published.

This writer from Bogor then realized that there were still shortcomings in his article. After looking at the Writing Guide and reviewing other Community Writers articles, he decided to send the sixth article, namely “10 Highest Mountains in the Solar System, the Most Mars”. The article was successfully published and paved the way for Mutiara in the IDN Times Community.

As a new writer, Mutiara has a clear vision, you know. He knows the topics he likes so he feels more enjoy while writing. At that time, the woman who was also known as Muti focused on writing about science-related matters, especially astronomy.

“At that time (until now) I really enjoyed things related to science, especially astronomy. So, I tried to write fun fact about astronomy and finally publish,” he said when interviewed by IDN Times via electronic mail.

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2. The Science Mutiara Ananda article succeeded in reaching many readers

Mutiara Ananda, Millennial of the Month November 2023 (personal doc/Mutiara Ananda)

After that, Mutiara wrote more and more often for the Science channel. He tries to find writing ideas that are unique and different from the others. As a Community Writer, he feels he is constantly encouraged to be creative. It’s not surprising that Mutiara’s article ended up reaching so many readers. Some of them are:

6 Most Influential Women in Ancient Rome, Role Models! Is it true that an air purifier can clean the air in the house?

According to him, most articles that reach a lot of readers are content fun fact which makes others curious. Thanks to him, some of Mutiara’s works entered the feed IDN Times Instagram and IDN Times Community. He said it was a very happy moment for him.

3. His competitive spirit and ambition to win in writing competitions actually made him feel down

Mutiara Ananda, Millennial of the Month November 2023 (personal doc/Mutiara Ananda)

Almost a year after Mutiara joined the IDN Times Community, she started looking at writing competitions which were often held together brand. This woman, whose full name is Mutiara Ananda Hidayat, was tempted by her promising prizes, ranging from cash to… gadget.

The first writing competition that Mutiara participated in was IDN Times x Garnier with hashtag #GreenBeauty in 2021. However, Mutiara’s ambition did not produce sweet results at that time. He did not manage to win and had time down therefore.

“I failed the Green Beauty competition and that was enough for me down because my orientation at the start was to win and be sure of winning,” he said.

Both efforts also failed to produce results. At that time, Mutiara tried to test it skillin a writing competition blog review IDN App, but again you have to be willing to fail. Even though it made her sad, Mutiara was able to get up again. He also tried to introspect, look at where his work was lacking, and improve it so that it was more in line with the competition’s standards.

One of Mutiara’s turning points was the 2021 Indonesia Writers Festival (IWF). insight which really helped him in his work in writing competitions.

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4. After experiencing failure, Mutiara finally managed to win several writing competitions

Mutiara Ananda, Millennial of the Month November 2023 (personal doc/Mutiara Ananda)

Since IWF 2021, which was the turning point, Mutiara has continued her journey in conquering writing competitions. His hard work and ups and downs paid off. He succeeded in winning Best Article in the 2021 IDN Times x Sharp IWF competition and Best Article in the 2021 IWF writing competition.

This victory further strengthened Mutiara’s determination to continue testing her abilities. Various writing competitions held by the IDN Times Community were completely destroyed, starting from Garnier, West Java Champion, Esemag, Astra, and so on. It is recorded that to date, he has succeeded in winning the following competitions:

IWF 2021: Best Article (hadiah smartphone) IDN Times x Sharp: Best Article (hadiah e-wallet IDR 1 million) IDN Times x Esemag: 1st place (prize e-wallet IDR 3 million)

When asked about her income while joining the IDN Times Community, Mutiara revealed that she managed to pocket tens of millions of rupiah. Mainly, thanks to prizes from writing competitions.

5. The secret to winning Mutiara Ananda’s writing competition

Mutiara Ananda, Millennial of the Month November 2023 (personal doc/Mutiara Ananda)

When asked what her secret was in winning writing competitions, Mutiara said she had several tips that could be useful for other writers. Some of them are:

Make sure you have read the Writing Guidelines and competition conditions carefully, such as hashtag and keyword. Research related topics and create outline so you know where you want to take the article. Understand technique copywriting and apply it in the article accordingly angle which is taken. Use fun language and relatable for readers.

Mutiara then explained that from the tips above, the main key that she always holds is write with your heart and understand the technique copywriting which is good and true. “Believe me, once you get these two things, the other components will follow as you write,” he explained.

What is meant by write with your heart Here we have to involve our hearts in the process of creating work. Make sure we really “enter” the writing so that all the emotions expressed can be felt.

He continued, “Every time I write with my heart involved, there is a feeling happy unique so that even the writing I make feels more friendly and alive. Positive vibesright down to the writing.”

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2023-10-18 06:36:00
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