What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote?
I read any books I could get my hands on growing up. Berenstain Bears, Dr. Seuss, Bill Peet, TinTin and then Hardy Boys, Narnia, Anne of Green Gables and others. My first attempts at writing were probably school assignments, but I think my voracious reading habits inspired me to try writing myself. My family was the first to read what I wrote.
The first book that I read was, if i remember correctly was "A little princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is a classical story. One that amaze me into writing stories.
I begin to write when I realize what writing is all about. I dont really remember what I first wrote. But its always little fairy tales that kids like to dream about. Truthfully, I am still a kid myself.
I always tell my mum things, so basically she will be the first to know and the first to read. Most of the time she would also give her own opinion about it.
I actually found reading difficult when I was young. I had English tutors and many teachers telling me I had attention problems. I was too busy thinking about faeries and ninjas. I guess I just hadn't found my niche yet, I only new I enjoyed certain books over others and clung to them. When I was in my teens, my high school principal saw what types of books I was drawn to and told me all about the fantasy genre. I was hooked and I knew from that moment that I was meant to write the fantastic. Of course, the very first things I wrote were terrible. I gave them to classmates to read and give me their opinions and they were kind in their comments but it was my principal who I made suffer the most. I used to give him entire books I'd written and he would read every page. He used to let me sit in his office and write instead of going to class. He felt it was more important to nurture something that might blossom . . . and he knew that I was only going to write during class anyway.
Well I don't really think that the first question is really terribly applicable to my interview. I began to write back in the second grade when I began writing a children's book I actually finished a short version of it and showed it to my 2nd grade teacher. However since that time I have lost all work on that book but began brainstorming a couple of ideas for it recently about 6 months ago but have not started the process of writing it. I believe maybe the reason someone recommended me for this is because of my poetry I began writing poetry early in I believe 1st grade when I wrote a poem to my mom for Mother's Day. Since that time I have had many life experiences and it just started really I started putting down my feelings to paper. I love writing poetry and wrote many poems from about my 9th grade year to about my 11th grade year when my inspiration was lost. I have continued writing poetry but certainly in my opinion it is no way as good as it was before and I dont write nearly as much but I am a fair poet in my honest opinion. The first people to ever read my poetry were very close friends and then I published a few items on writing . com. I would say now almost none of my poetry for the most part is read by anyone but me except the few I decide to post on writing . com. If you have any questions feel free to email me.   | | |
I have baby photos of me chewing on books at the age of four. I couldn't tell you how long I've been reading, but two peices of literature stood out to me. One, was "Treasure Island" By Robert Louis Stevenson. The second, was found after reading copy after copy of the national geographic. Aside from spurring my interest in photography there was an article written by a man who had spent days in a snow shelter taking pictures of mountain tigers; that really caught me.
The piece described the feeling behind his time there and the beauty of what lay before him. Mixed with the photography and beautifully written words the article became a real inspiration for me, and so i put pen to paper...or fingers to the keys. The first people to read what I wrote were close friends.
I had one of those books for Christmas where there's a poem or story for every day of the year. It was fascinating. After that it was Lucy Atwell stories, and Enid Blyton. I was hooked on reading from then on.
The first book I read was The Wizard of Oz. I started writing when I was in my sophomore year in high school, since I was a member of our school paper. Of course, there were people who had to proof-read my work, so the first one to get a look at my style was out adviser.
I remember sitting on the stairs in my parents home, when I was very young, with their gigantic family Bible on my lap, trying to read the words that went with the fascinating pictures. I don't remember what kids' books I read, but later I devoured the "Black Stallion" books, the Anne books and of course Nancy Drew.
I don't remember a time when I didn't write. My mother swears I must have been born with a pencil in my hand.:)
My dolls were the first to hear what I wrote. They didn't complain, so I kept writing! Then classmates and teachers were subjected to my work. My first published piece was a short story which appeared in The Western Producer, (1990 I believe) so it was read by a large farming audience.
It's hard to remember but probably Dick and Jane books. I wrote first in primary school - compositions and fantasy tales where I'd end up being saved but it would all be a dream. My mother was the first to read what I wrote and loved everything indiscriminately.
When I was a kid I loved reading poetry even if I didn't understand it. I just loved the sound of rhyme. I guess that explains my love for music, especially hip hop. I'm in love with the way words can be harmonized to form a flow of rhythmic tones. Dr Suess books were my favorite. I was always a little shy and on the quiet side and found writing to be the best way to express myself. I've been writing ever since.
Mark Twain. At eight, I started reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. The books were bound in leather and sat on a shelf in the living room of the house my family lived in, in Peru, when I was a child. The books fascinated me for several reasons --first, their feel. Secondly, the words contradicted everything I'd been taught was proper -- there was "ain't," for one. Even more importantly, at eight, I had never seen an African-American and was fascinated by the depiction of Blacks in drawings in the books.
I always remember writing and reading and drawing. My mother, also a writer, was the first to read my work.
Oh my, I began reading a long time ago. But growing up a couple of my favorite authors were Stephen King and Dean R. Koontz. I have practically read everything they have ever written.
I began reading at the age of three. My second grade teacher assigned us to write a story. From then on I wrote. My teacher. She thought I had a lot of imagination. I wrote about how it felt to be an eraser on a pencil.
I don't remember. I began with short stories for my mom, so she read them first.
The first novel I ever truly enjoyed reading was Tamora Pierce's 'In the Hands of the Goddess' which lead to my love for YA Science Fiction. I started writing because I always loved receiving notebooks. I felt that there was no better present an individual could receive because when you are given a notebook you are given an opportunity. It opens up possibilities for school, drawing and even for you to get to create entirely new worlds that you can visit and escape to. My grandmother was the first to realize I was writing because she found one of my notebooks but my father was the first one to get to read my first completed novel. |
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