I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember. It’s never been my career focus, yet it’s always filled me with some kind of drive that can’t be replaced or replicated. I started young, opting to write a horror movie script complete with notes for my future director of photography instead of playing outside with my cousins. Then in junior high, I hit rock bottom and ended up turning to writing as a way to express my downfall (ie. Summers End).
In high school, I got too big for my britches and pitched a story I thought was 24 karat gold without fully developing it to meet my standards, ended up disappointed by the final result regardless of what my team told me, and quit writing for good.
Or so I thought.