Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in the country side of Tennessee and it influenced my writing because of the way they talk in the South and because of me wanting to be somewhere instead of here. It makes my imagination in my writings run wild trying to figure out what it would be like to be somewhere else.
When did you first start writing?
When I was in 7th grade, my teacher saw this story I wrote and thought it was amazing how I can imagine being in that place when I'm actually in Tennessee.
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