Friday, January 29, 2010

When?

When did you first become aware of a desire to write?

I didn't invent this question. It was asked on Miss Snark's First Victim blog (see the link to your right).

But it's a good question.

So, fire away. I'm interested. Pretend this is an interview and lay down on my analyst couch.

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You are now hypnotised and will reveal all your deepest darkest secrets...

2 comments:

Zee said...

I was in the third grade, so I must have been 8 years old. My father let me use his typewriter. Remington. I love the smell of that ink and plastic keys and wooden box lined in green felt. I still have that typewriter. Hmmm. So I wrote a story entitled "Terry the Fairy" and I slipped it into a manilla envelope -- one of those with the tie on the back. I had to write the title on the envelope and I can still see it in my mind's eye, scrawled in pencil across the top. I guess I self-published before it was fashionable, huh? The answer to your question is then... 8 years old.

KV said...

Much like Zee, I started writing stories as soon as I learned to master letters and sentences. I was blessed with a marvelous first grade teacher who was a Master Storyteller on public broadcasting in Cleveland, Ohio.

But my main experience in writing throughout school years and even well into my early adult life was in journalism.

Then a certain doll entered my life -- and, well, you know the rest of that story!


Kathy V in NM