When did you start writing?

I first write a poem when I was 14 years old.It was about a river.Most of the presons first write poem but not story.I think in your chilhood you were very imaginative.Do you write now.If not start again.In coming 20 years you will be able to write many things.May be some will be masterpiece.Thanks

I started writing when I was eleven. I don't remember what started it, anymore. But I started writing adventure stories with aliens, kids with powers, and dimensional shifts. (My Mom's big on scifi, horror, and fantasy books. Grandma introduced me to mysteries, and I started out reading 200 page books at five, quickly graduating to 300-1000 pagers by time age nine...so you can see how this might appeal to my imagination back then) I wish I still had my old stories. I know they can't really compare to my writing now (and I'm not even saying I'm that great NOW)...but they were my beginning, you know? I'm really sentimental, I guess, heh. I'm a year away from being an adult now, but I like how writing's become such a central part of my life since then.

I used to write a lot of stories when I was in school. My Dad and my brother liked to watch horror movies, so that was most of what I saw as well. So that was what I wrote... until my teacher sent me to the school councelor. I think they called my parents in as well. I also wrote a poem once in High school. I entered it into a poetry contest. It was one of those places that pint and anthology of poerty. They say you won, but you to be published in their book, you gotta buy a copy. So basically, everyone WINS the contest and has to pay $50 for teh book. That book was so big and had thousands of poems. I can't even begin to imagine how much money that little job made. Good idea, but dissapointing to know my poem didn't stand out to anyone, my $50 did.

I remember being in first and second grade, sitting in my bedroom writing silly stories for my Mom to read. I was 6 or 7 at the time. I am 32 now, so I have been writing for 25 years.WOW! I didn't realize it had been that long.

I started writing when I just passed my class 10.Accidently it was a good short story and it was also published in a magazine.

I wrote a lot in office, but my personal writing did not start until my grandson was born. As my son and his family lived with us until they moved out, I accompanied his growing up for some years. I managed to write diaries for these years, a thick and meaningful memory.

I honestly don't remember when I started writing. When I think back, the one thing that sticks in my mind is that in 6th grade, we had to write our first "research paper" for school, and I chose Christmas as the topic to research. It was the first time that I realized writing could be fun! I also remember very vividly a time when we had to pick poems to recite in class, although I am not sure which grade that was, and I picked Robert Frost's "Two Roads in a Woods." And one of the boys in my class picked the poem that talks about fog creeping in on little cat feet, and thinking that was so awesome of a description. Strange what memories we hold about writing and learning poetry. I wrote a lot of poems in high school and college and even had one published in the literary journal at my college. I didn't think anyone read those things, but the librarian who passed out the reserved books, commented the next time she saw me that she had liked my poem. Who knew?

I have started writing about 4-5 days ago. And now I have about 170 posts. That means about 2 hours of work daily.

I guess I started writing a long time ago now! What do I write? I keep private journals! I get so much pleasure from writing about my life and my feelings. I have accumulated these journals over the years and they are something that I can look back on many years from now. I don't have riches! I don't have wealth! I have my journals and someone can find these when I am gone! Poems are good although I have never written poetry. I recently tried my hand at fiction and I wrote one story which was published on Associated Content. Anyway, I guess the more that you write the better you become. There's so much relaxation to be had from regular writing. Andrew

As a developmental milestone, I guess I started writing at 5 or 6 when I entered kindergarten. :-) Kidding aside, I think I really realized my talent in writing when I was Ten. That's when I started reading a lot of books too except my school textbooks. I guess I started with poems too then short stories.