Do you remember the first story you ever wrote?
Yeah. The first poem I wrote, was for a school assignment, and as part of that assignment it was submitted to a State wide contest for young poets. It truly was a case of "writing environment having a major impact", as I struggled to write anything. Sitting there in the library, my mind and eye's wonder, surrounded by books... Due to my love of books, that curiosity to learn, was the emotional fuel for that poem.
In the end, the poem qualified for publication.
What is your writing process?
In my mind I draw a vague outline of the direction I want to go in, but it is largely intuitive chaos, with things just coming together.
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