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I've had a bit of a surprise just now.
I've been down at my old home in the country to see my family the last week or so, and today I came across a drawer full of old school books and papers. In amongst it all I've found three stories, going back 16 years or more. I'm sitting here right now, reading what I forgot I ever wrote.
I have a very short illustrated story written when I was eight or nine, about a Martian explorer who visits Sydney and discovers intelligent life. The drawing is better than the story, unfortunately.
Then I have 'The Fire', about a careless motorist who starts a devastating bushfire that sweeps across the countryside, threatening a small town. I actually remember writing this one, I was 12 years old and was the first student in class allowed on one of the school's computers to type it out. I averaged about 2 words a minute, I recall.
Next up is 'Invasion of the Ants', which couldn't have been written much later. Seems to be the start of a long story about a 'hive nation' that escapes it's homeworld's nuclear war, only to get attacked as they try to land their 'flying mountain' in the Caribbean during the height of the Cuban missile crisis. Nifty. Maybe I'll finish it.
Anyway, I'm just taking a stroll down Nostalgia Lane, and wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience. Or are these clumsy first attempts the sort of thing you'd rather burn and try to forget?
I've been down at my old home in the country to see my family the last week or so, and today I came across a drawer full of old school books and papers. In amongst it all I've found three stories, going back 16 years or more. I'm sitting here right now, reading what I forgot I ever wrote.
I have a very short illustrated story written when I was eight or nine, about a Martian explorer who visits Sydney and discovers intelligent life. The drawing is better than the story, unfortunately.
Then I have 'The Fire', about a careless motorist who starts a devastating bushfire that sweeps across the countryside, threatening a small town. I actually remember writing this one, I was 12 years old and was the first student in class allowed on one of the school's computers to type it out. I averaged about 2 words a minute, I recall.
Next up is 'Invasion of the Ants', which couldn't have been written much later. Seems to be the start of a long story about a 'hive nation' that escapes it's homeworld's nuclear war, only to get attacked as they try to land their 'flying mountain' in the Caribbean during the height of the Cuban missile crisis. Nifty. Maybe I'll finish it.
Anyway, I'm just taking a stroll down Nostalgia Lane, and wonder if anyone else has had a similar experience. Or are these clumsy first attempts the sort of thing you'd rather burn and try to forget?