How did you become a writer?
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TheAngstyPoet says,
Great question.Jumping off point: I read a poem about God in my high school's literary magazine. I became angry at how the poem celebrated God so I wrote an angry response sharing my feelings of atheism.The beginning I always refer to is the summer before junior year in high school my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. I wanted to write a poem about tumors. Junior year starts friends are revealed as assholes, I write about three poems a day. The progression goes on and on but I'll leave it at that.Wench says,
I'm still not sure I count.Bullitt says,
Ah, hence the moniker, AP.Wench, you count, love.
TheAngstyPoet says,
Well credit for the name goes to my mother. I used to share poems with everyone who fell into these two categories: they would read it & they wouldn't stomp on me with their critiques. Whenever I tried to show my mother a poem she would refuse saying it was too angsty. Then try to persuade me to write happy poetry about nature or some crap.MsKillie says,
When I was in Elementary school, we had a local poet come to class and she loved one of my pieces. She brought it to every class she visited to share. It really stuck with me and I've been writing ever since! Published an art/poetry 'zine in college while pursuing my BA in English, wrote for The MN Daily and First Ave's music mag for a few years, worked as an editor and now focusing on Smith Mag, my blogs, running the training website and library at my job, and getting started on my rockin' memoir!Bullitt says,
AP, I like your fiery passion.Bullitt says,
MsM, do you still have your poem?canadafreeze says,
For as long as I can remember, I have written - in journals, haikus, short stories, and now sixes. Writing allows me to express myself. I used to write in secret - I've only just begun to share. I don't think of myself as a writer. I just write.accidentaltourist says,
I've always written. Poetry, stories, slice-of-life essays. Published a poem in a magazine about 30 years ago, and they paid me. Just the one poem, because that's all I ever sent. Then about 20 years ago, I decided I wanted to be a journalist. I attended a local event, took some pictures, then went home and clattered out a story about it on my second-hand manual typewriter. I took the story to the local weekly paper, said, "I want to write for you...this is what I can do." And they believed me.Steve__Anthony says,
Never thought of myself as a writer - even as a journalist.mzejay says,
My first published story appeared in my local newspaper when I was ten years old or so. The newspaper held a contest for kids.Redx3 says,
Had a poem about my grandfather published at age 11. I've been writing ever since.Bobbee says,
When I was younger my mom would always tell me to put my thoughts on paper, so I did!!! With that advice I never stopped writing, it was always an outlet and how I began to handle difficult people in my life.ctgoods2 says,
Fourth grade via Palmer Method penance.Dhani says,
Reading the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle as a kid, and getting hotly motivated to write a 'Letter to the Editor'. That got my creative juices flowing...Larry_D._Smith says,
You write.Dhani says,
(Agreed! -you write & write & write...)Layne says,
I actually always hated writing up until last year, but thats because I never really knew what writing was. So, I owe becoming a writer to my ninth grade english teacher last year. She taught me that writing was about expressing your ideas and not thinking that they may be wrong so much. She gave me the writing award for the entire grade at awards night, which was a total shock to me. She helped me realize how much easier it is to write when you enjoy it, and I dont know where I would be today if I hadnt figured that out.ba_miracle says,
Put pen to paper. Writing something someone else wants to read? That's a different story. I wouldn't want to torture and editor by trying to make my living on being a writer (or myself;-)BecomingLogyn says,
Not sure I entirely count either but when I was little and refused to talk to pretty much anyone the only way adults could get anything out of my was if I wrote it down and soon after that I discovered I could make things up (or not) and they got attention so I started doing that alot, then I stopped for quite a while because I was told by my guardian that "little girls should write about happier things like animals and nature" and started up again in grade 8.