When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.
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I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.
Although I always loved reading and putting words on paper, I never thought about becoming a writer until I was twelve.
I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do anything else. So I read and read and wrote short stories and dreamed of escape.
I really started considering myself a writer when I was about seven or eight years old. I wrote stories from my dreams and kept them all in a notebook that I still have.
When I was young, I never thought I was going to be a writer! I was academically orientated and active at sports, but I didn't have one creative bone in my body.
I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.
I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.
The first time I can remember thinking that I would like to be a writer came in sixth grade, when our teacher Mrs. Crandall gave us an extended period of time to write a long story. I loved doing it. I started working seriously at becoming a writer when I was seventeen.
I wrote as a kid, but I never wanted to be a writer, particularly. I had been drawing and painting for years and loved that.
From age 7 on, I wanted to be a writer.