Writing from the lake, thinking for the world
My digital journey began long before I had the language to describe it. I created my first Blogger account in September 2007 — still too young to know what I wanted to say, but already aware that writing felt like a place where my thoughts could breathe. The page stayed empty for years, waiting for me to grow into it.
That moment arrived on 11 March 2013, when I published my first article. I was a political science student then, curious, sharp, and carrying more questions than answers. The blog was titled Блогот на еден политиколог. It wasn’t a project — it was simply the first time I dared to write publicly.
By 2015, my curiosity had turned into action. I founded Ohrid 24, a local news portal I ran entirely on my own. One man writing, editing, interviewing, photographing, uploading, moderating — everything. And I didn’t enter an empty field. At the time, Ohrid had around ten local news portals, the highest number per city in Macedonia. Skopje had fewer. Most towns had one or two. I stepped into the most crowded media scene in the country and carved out a place through sheer endurance.
Over nearly three and half years, I produced news stories, features, interviews, and reports — more than fifty in-depth interviews with influential people from the Ohrid–Struga region, including the series Охрид во моите очи (Ohrid In My Eyes). It was raw fieldwork. Fast writing. The kind of discipline that teaches you to see a story even when you’re tired, cold, or running on coffee and deadlines.
In late 2017, I expanded that experience nationally by co-founding and serving as editor-in-chief of Macedonia 365 — a portal aimed at bridging Macedonians at home and abroad. Once again, I was gathering information, shaping it into coherent stories, managing the social presence, and keeping a steady voice in a noisy space. It sharpened me. It forced clarity. It taught me that writing is not only a skill; it’s responsibility.
A few months later, after completing the Ivanov School for Young Leaders in August 2017, I built my first personal website. By then, I understood something simple but essential: writing wasn’t just something I did professionally. It was the craft that centred me.
And with time, the truth became clearer:
I am not simply someone who writes.
I am a storyteller — and that is the craft I want next to my name.
From that first hesitant Blogspot post to the local portals, the national projects, the interviews, the field notes, the essays — every step has shaped the voice behind paveldoneski.com today.
2026 brings the next chapter.
Soul Fuel — now live at www.soulfuelofficial.com — is the place where my stories, discipline, and philosophy will soon find their true home. The door is open; the words are on their way.