WRITING: The first book I read that sparked my interest in becoming an author was The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck. I started by writing poems and short stories in elementary school. My first critic was my se (...)

What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote?

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The first book I read that sparked my interest in becoming an author was The Wayward Bus by John Steinbeck. I started by writing poems and short stories in elementary school. My first critic was my second grade teacher. She kept everything I wrote and gave it all back to me at the end of the year in a scrapbook with a note that said she thought I was very talented and to keep writing, she expected to see my name on the bestsellers' list one day.