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If there was ever a time I didn't want to write, even before I'd learned to write, I don't remember it. Think I'm exaggerating? Look down and you'll see a picture of me at about 4, "writing" a story, from the Warrensburg, Missouri newspaper.
Actually, I was drawing a story on a calendar, I did that a lot before I could actually write, little squares that I filled in one at a time to tell a story, I don't know that anyone could actually see the story, but I always told the stories as people looked at the pictures. I don't know how much better I am as an artist now, but I am sure I tell a much better story.
Creativity is important to me, I'm at my happiest when writing a story, drawing a map, or even tinkering with this site. I've told stories about places that don't exist since I learned to talk and writing them since I learned how to stretch words and sentences. I've taken every writing class I could and for better or for worse I consider myself at least an adequate writer.Writing Categories
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