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Do you have a writing quirk?
RokofAges75:
I never wrote for fun until I started writing fanfic, but I did always participate in my district's Young Authors competition when I was in grade school. I won for my class every year from 4th grade on, but I never placed in the top 3 until 8th grade, when I got smart and realized from reading previous winners' stories that tackling serious issues helps you win. So I went for the drama with my 8th grade story, and it won first place! My first major writing award. ;) Ha! What's hilarious is how similar this story is to certain fanfics I would write in the future...
I typed it up for kicks; it's only ten pages long, instead of 200 chapters LOL. I did not scan the illustrations, because those are even more embarrassing than the story. http://www.dreamers-sanctuary.com/seasonofmiracles.html
Sakabelle:
Awww, I enjoyed your very first award-winning story, Julie! Definitely reminiscent of Broken. It's interesting learning about people's roots as writers!
I know that I was always telling stories and making up stories as a kid. I was always writing short stories and reading them out to my friends in Elementary School, and when I became a fan of BSB Nick just naturally got inserted into them. I still wrote a lot of original stuff especially in Junior High. We did have a school wide writing competition and club but I never bothered with either of them. Not really sure why, I guess I just liked to keep my stuff to myself. I didn't really start sharing my "serious" writing until I was able to do so online.
mare:
I used to write stories all the time too when I was a kid. We never had writing contests though. We used to have to memorize and then recite a book word for word in our IG classes. And with my memory and how shy I was, I never did well. Lol
RokofAges75:
Thanks, Steph! My favorite author back then was Lurlene McDaniel, and even though I've long since outgrown her books, the influence she's had on my writing is still apparent now, thinking of Curtain Call. But it was blatantly obvious back then! LOL That story was basically a fanfic in its own right because the guy was based on my huge junior high crush, Josh. The doctor is a combination of another guy I liked named Ben and Leonardo DiCaprio. And the basketball coach is named after Brian LOL. Is it sad that my tastes haven't changed much since the age of 13? There's even a mention of Titanic in there LOL. At least my writing's improved.
I would have been like you; I never liked to share my writing either. The Young Authors thing only came about because it was required in the younger grades, and I found that I enjoyed it, so I kept participating in that even when it wasn't mandatory anymore. I never wanted anyone else to actually read my stories, though, even if they won LOL.
FrickingKaos:
My first official fanfic that I wrote was back in high school when I didn't know what fanfic was. It was called "lost in the jungle". The plot was that Brian's plane had crashed and Nick went to go find him with AJ tagging along. I still have the handwritten copy. This was when I carried notebooks and wrote during class. I had poetry featured in the school magazine but I was more of an artist, I was in a few art shows in town and had a showcase for a week in the school lobby. My writing didn't get serious until I began posting at AC.
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