When I was recently going through the list of AWS articles listed under my name, I came to the realization that my next article would be number ten. As a looked back at some of my first pieces, they seemed to look a bit dreary. I definitely needed to freshen up my articles for my 10th publication. However, I was clearly at a loss of how to achieve this.

I went through some of the greater AWS writers and guest writers, and even some newspapers reporters' work, but to my dismay, I couldn’t pinpoint what exactly I could add to put my writing on another level. Reporters have their own style, and they all have headers which I could hardly dream of piecing together. I wasn’t interested in taking apart and redoing my whole writing style.

Additionally, I wanted something noticeable that I could tell everyone that it was for my 10th article. I was wondering “What was that one detail that many great writers had that I could quickly add?”

I sat back in my chair and gave a sigh. I would simply have to wait for the night when my writing juices flow as if on an overdrive. I felt like a tank stuck with better players waiting for its overdrive to refill.

 

 

Later in the day, I was reading the published version of my interview from Sabry. The formatting was lit; I just was annoyed at how lame I looked in my avatar. Generally, Sabry does his interviews with the upper-echelons of Tanki’s society, so he needs an avatar to look sensible next to theirs. However, this plain dude that represented me looked pathetic. (No offense to Sabry, he does a great job)

I went on to realize how Sacrifice always had an amazing avatar at the tail-end of his articles, and Person_Random recently created an avatar that incorporated his (former) discord avatar. Maybe I had a lead for my 10^th article!

 

    

 

I thought I may have just gotten the right idea, but I had to check if it was feasible. I went to the wiki page on avatars, and scrolled down until forever. If I could piece a few together and customize it, my avatar would be awesome. I knew what customization I wanted to stick in, as I have already placed my discord avatar in a couple of my topics. The question was what hat, emblem, or handkerchief to attach.

I liked how the YouTuber TO admin had an emblem on his helmet that fit the head and scarf well. However, I wanted the handkerchief and scheme a drop darker. So I took the Chat Admin’s avatar, added a CB emblem on his helmet, replaced the chat symbol with my own symbol. I quickly added a title with a bit of a curve, and now my articles have a new addition!

 

YouTuber TO admin:Chat Admin:

 

However, I was unsure what to do for my 10^th article. I wanted to explain some of the backstory behind my new avatar, however, I couldn’t just continue a series of mine with a random new feature and an explanation.

In my classic style; I thought a poem would work out. I started writing a poem about my avatar:

This is my new avatar;

Under this banner, my articles will go far.

Why was I in this state?

An avatar I did not yet create;

I just hope that it’s never too late.

Soon, I nixed the idea, as I couldn’t write a poem that long to earn its own stand-alone article. It needed to have a better plot, and be more realistic. I figured it had to be a stand-alone piece that described the backstory, changed some details in the story for a dramatic effect, and I was finished! Now I have somewhere to display my avatar!