What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote?
Well I've been reading FOREVER! My mom read me books when I was only a week old and did until about first grade! I really became inspired to write in second grade, when my teacher told us that we could read our stories to the class and I got several compliments! My best friends always read what I write and I always get good feedback on what to improve, and what not to change!
Sam I Am books, in grade school. I switched schools in third grade and missed the whole writing in cursive thing. So I pretty much taught myself how to write cursive. In Middle school I wrote my first short story about a robotic bar where humans were not allowed. I was inspired by the bar in Star Wars that refused to serve the robots. Later I wrote the movies that my buddies and I filmed in Super-8. That lead to many more short stories and at least one unfinished novel.
The first people to read my writing were my friends and teachers.
As a kid, I always loved suspense and thrillers. I guess that's why I tend to write horror novels now. I was also heavily into superheroes, which explains why I wrote The MegaDog Tales - a middle grade adventure book about a dog who becomes a superhero.
I began reading adult fiction when I was about 11 years old. My father took me to our local bookstore because I just LOVED the movies Star Wars and the TV show Star Trek and we were looking for tie-ins. The clerk really helped a despondent child who wasn't going to get what she wanted by giving me Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Samuel Delany, Robert Silverberg and Alan Dean Foster. I was set with a pile of books and since then my love of reading never diminished.
I began writing as soon as I could hold pencil to paper. I have the journals I wrote in from as early on as 6 years old. Even then there were little 'stories'. When I was in grade 5 my first 'novel' was published in public school.
Who were the first to read what I wrote...my parents and teachers.
Honestly, I can't remember what the first things I read were, but I do have fond memories reading Goosebumps as a kid. I'm sure there were books I read well before that, but I can't remember what they were and some are nothing more than a hazy memory involving dragons and willow trees.
I actually began writing as a young age, although I didn't start taking it seriously until I was an adult. I remember writing ghost stories as a youngster, one in particularly involving an evil living hand that ran around scaring people--this was before I knew about a movie involving a similar subject. I had a lot of fun with such stories and if memory serves me that was back in 3rd or 4th grade. I kept writing, of course, and still do to this day.
The first people to read my writing would have to have been my teachers. This would have been at the same time that I was writing ghost stories and, well, it's kind of hard to hide your work if it's for an assignment.
Well, it wasn't about reading actually. My aunt was a writer and I looked up to her so that started me on this quest to become a published author. My first reader would probably be my mom since she would always find my crap crumpled around my room.
My first readings were very haphazard. I enjoyed a thirst for learning about science. I was fascinated with nature and wanted to know how it all fit together. I first jotted down stories of men I observed in bars playing cards and drinking whisky near coal mines along the Monongahela River in Pennsylvania. I must have been around 9 years old. Also, during that time, I wandered into the woods spending a lot of time alone. There, I observed nature and wondered how everything seemed to work so well. That's when I realized that nature was not the paradise it seemed to be. There was violence around every tree and under every rock. It was a struggle for survival. That’s when I also realized that a parallel exists between the two worlds. In the very beginning, no one even knew that I composed anything. Among the first, were young girls with whom I corresponded. Sometimes I would secretly read what I wrote about nature to my “girl” friends. I had many, who, seemingly also relished nature as I did.   | | |
Dick and Jane. I had no choice. Mom and Dad.
I started writing at an early age but didn't do so with the intent of getting published until 1999. The first person to read my work was a trusted neighbor who loved reading historicals.
Enid Blyton opened up a whole new world for me as a child. I loved that sense of adventure she created in her Famous Five and Secret Seven novels. She inspired me to write, penning my first adventure novel at the age of eleven. Before that, though, I was writing plays, directing and performing in them and staging them to the people in my street in Portsmouth, so I guess my friends and neighbours were the first to read my published works.
My love of reading and writing began before I started elementary school. It's always been a part of me. As an adult, I put that love aside for several years while I started my family. When the children got old enough, I once again turned some of my attention to writing.
I can't remember the first book I read. We didn't have a lot of books in our house. I started writing when I was twelve. I began with poetry and then began writing letters to God. I was able to express myself through words on paper that I couldn't say outloud. I remember letting a friend of mine read one of my poems. I was so nervous about it, but he liked it. That gave me the confidence to continue with my writing.
The first book I ever read allll by myself was Dr. Seuss' 'Hop on Pop'. It was one of my favorite books and still is to this day. Though I don't have a copy anymore, I would love to find it again. Just to put it on a shelf and reflect. I also remember getting ahold of some comic books somewhere. Been in love with them ever since! ;)
The way I began to write is the exact same way everyone begins to write. I put pen to paper and thought! I have always been told I had (and still have) an active imagination, didn't have the talent my dad had to draw cartoon submarines. So, naturally, I took the author's route. I create my world's through words...War of the Words I guess.
I was so protective and critical of my writings that I didn't let anyone read them. It wasn't until I got into school and had to write papers...creative writing they called it at the time, that I let anyone lay eyes on my writings. Nine times out of ten I got good marks. In seventh grade, my teacher submitted some of my poetry into a contest (statewide), without my knowledge. Low and behold, I won. That is what began my path into writing. | | |
I grew up reading The Hardy Boys and The Wizard of Oz series. Then I found my uncle's stash of 1950's and 1960's space operas and sci-fi books; there were garbage bags full of them in the loft above my grandfather's garage.
It was during this period that I tried writing. No luck. I tried again in my early 20's. Same thing. I didn't actually begin writing until I was 32, and it was the hardest thing I ever did. I had to force myself to do it every day.
The first people to read what I wrote were toastmasters - and they actually heard it in speech form. They ganged up on me and told me I should write a book. I listened to them. Wasn't sci-fi that I wrote, though: it was a self-help book.
I really can't remember what I first read but I'm sure as a young teen it was Stephen King ... probably Carrie. I had always been intrigued with Edgar A. Poe, while I attended Edgar A. Poe middle school I learned more about the Poet & became entranced with his work which led me to try my hand at poetry. I believe my friends were the first to have read my work. |
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