A literary stranger.

I started writing at about eleven because I was jealous of my friend, who had written a story. Then I realised that, on paper, I could make whatever I wanted happen - it was literally a world of possibilities. That realisation was really exciting. *Nostalgic sigh*

I made up stories as a kid and my mom told me I should write them down. That might not sound very profound, but I truly believe she gave me a gift when she said that. So, I've always written down stories. Simple

I have the little boys in my neighborhood writing down their Sonic the Hedgehog stories

I did nonfiction, too, lol. I wrote a whole huge essay on dinousaurs and drew posters and everything; and my brother's kindergarten teacher let me give them the presentation. For fun. Cos I've been a nerd since in the womb

JoNightshade said:

I'm one of those people who has been writing since I was a little kid. I wrote because I read. I related more to the characters in books than I did to people in real life, and writing was the most obvious, natural form of communication for me.

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Same here. I've been writing since I learned to read. (And possibly before; I think my mom still has the notebooks that I used to "take notes" in when I had to wait someplace boring. The "notes" consisted of nonsense scribbles that looked like really messy cursive... not so different from my handwriting now, come to think of it ) I read all the time when I was a kid, and it never occurred to me that I wouldn't write stories in addition to reading them; the two naturally went together for me.

scarletpeaches said:

I've never not written.

But the best day of my life - the one that still chokes me when I think about it - was when my dad took me to the library and said I could take any four (I think) books I wanted for free, as long as I looked after them and brought them back the following month. I was amazed that places like that existed.

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I have fond memories of going to the library and coming out with a stack of books so high I had to hold it up with my chin... the librarians used to be skeptical that I could read all those books, but I always finished the stack. It makes me wish I had a decent library where I live now...

I guess I write now because I used to read a lot. I sucked at spelling when I was in kindergarten. That turned me off writing because I thought I wasn't good at English.

But it couldn't stop my mind from thinking up some crazy weird ideas. Like clown heads in my bedroom (after watching an episode of the X Files), the living shadows on the walls and my favourite - flying giant red-back spiders (think Pirates of the Carribean, Kraken size) that sprayed red or blue liquid from their bottom half. *shudders*

So yes -for my early years, I just read (because I love to read. And nowadays if I'm not writing, i'm reading) and cultivated my imagination. I didn't start writing stories until Year 9... because I was reading.

Tara Stone said:

I have fond memories of going to the library and coming out with a stack of books so high I had to hold it up with my chin... the librarians used to be skeptical that I could read all those books, but I always finished the stack. It makes me wish I had a decent library where I live now...

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You mean you CHOSE to live in a place that doesn't have a decent library? *mind boggle*

My mind was warped by too much reading. Something has to come out once in a while with all that input--like eating, y'know Anyway, I always had a vivid imagination.