When and Why did you start writing?

[DragoonHP]

*hides from the angry glares*

I know I should probably have asked this question in the old thread I made, but well what can I say, this question just sprang in my mind an hour ago...
Anyway, I apologise for spamming this sub-forum...

Moving on...
So when and why did you start writing?
Did someone tell you, or were you inspired by someone's work so much that you wrote it?

For me... I started writing out of the blue... but I believe one of the key factors was the deep impression left by Harry Potter series in my mind... it made me want to write something, to carve a world out of my imagination which I did...
My first novel or story (and incidentally the only one I want to publish) was written when I was in 12th... so in the winter of 2009... and from then I have continued writing...

Please do share your thoughts and experiences...

[ScottySeng]

Hmm...I know for I disliked writing back in elementary school, and I was known for bad writing. Also, the school it's self was pretty bad.
In middle school, I shaped up a bit more, because we moved cities.
Anyway, I started writing seriously in 9th grade. Better teachers and friends helped me improve and come up with better ideas.
I think I started writing because my family was poor when we moved. All I had in my room was my bed, a lamp, and a night stand.
I remember I read a lot and drew a lot since I had nothing else to do. Sadly when I got my computer, things went downhill from there.

[MiSi]

I started writing in the 7th grade. From the essays we had to do as homework, mine had been the best... so that must've been when I noticed, that I'm talented Additionally there was this idea for a story in my mind, which I couldn't forget... so... now I'm a writer with about seven years of practice and experience (but more in German, though )

[Sapphi]

When I was very young, before I knew how to read very many words, I used to draw wordless picture books. Because only I knew the story, I would "read" them to my little brother and parents. Other times I would just dictate the words to my mom who would write them very neatly in pen beneath my drawings.

I guess I just did it because I thought it was fun and I was probably inspired by the vast amount of Little Golden Books we owned.

[Funnyguts]

I've been writing since forever. I even made my own books when I was little by stapling printer paper together to form a binding and then drawing on it. I don't remember much about those stories, but I do know at some point I made the Hubble telescope into a warship.

When I was a few years older, I tried my hand at a creation myth utilizing the best astronomical science I knew, trying to come up with reasons for why the solar system was the way it was, and then completely ignoring science to explain the existence of clouds.

[TakeOverWorld]

I can't remember exactly, but, the time I think I really started getting into this writing thing, was becuase of my cousin, when I was like 7 or 8. He's 2 years older than me and was writing some story about a samuri or something, and I wanted to write a story so I did. One of the only storys I've finished, it was about 27 pages long with massive font but I've been sort of writing since then.

[azureXtwilight]

When I was three, I used to tell my parents stories I made up. They grew tired of me and told me to write down things and draw them instead of annoying them with my constant blabbering.

I thought the stories were about people who lived underwater or something, kinda forgot.

When I had a little brother, I draw and write mostly for him. He was my first fan XD

[curry nochi rice]

April of 2009

why? because I got so bored.. then came in anime movies and I felt like... "I can do the same thing" then poof... I too writing seriously.

[HigurashiKira]

My origin, shamefully, in yaoi fanfiction back in 2008-9. While the pandering of fangirls stroked my ego a bit, it didn't give me what I wanted: an actual audience who would enjoy my writing for what it tells, not because it has something they like.

[Lumen_Astrum]

I'm almost like azureXtwilight. XD

My parents will tell me I'm so "makuwento" (A person who have lots of stories in his/her head and want to tell it to somebody always) and they gave me scrap notebooks to sketch out or write my ideas. (And to be honest, I consume 5 scrap notebooks per year) I only got serious in writing when I was 9 years old, 4 years ago. I made some A-Diary-of-A-Wimpy-Kid-style books using scrap paper.

My first story was something about a lost girl in an island. XDD But there was a story that I never get to finish but I liked it so much, about a prophetess falling in love, sorta.

[Auro-Cyanide]

I actually got into writing before I started drawing. I grew up loving books, I used to consume them by the hundreds. I went through most of the adult fantasy section of the library by the time I was 13. What I loved was the stories, the worlds and the characters and I was drawn to try and create my own. Creation is an addiction of mine. I was probably 8-ish when I tried to write stories. They were usually high fantasy type things that never really got finished XD

Now I'm more into drawing, but I still love to create stories in my head about what I draw.

[sake-bento]

I ran out of books to read, so I started writing my own. They weren't that great. D: Also, I have a younger sibling who insisted on a new bedtime story every night, so I had to keep making stuff up to feed the cravings. I started coming up with installments, extending the story every night instead of coming up with something new each time. After a while, I started writing them down because I fancied them.

[Omnificent]

I wrote my first story when I was five. It was a bunch of nonsensical 'mysteries'.

Writing is kind of a release/form of expression for me. I like to write things that are engaging and entertaining, and also things that evoke a strong emotional response from people. Preferably both!

[DrathFox]

I havn't written anything major but I did improv short poems in my early teen,
It just seemed kinda fun to do and I liked expressing emotions that intervene,
Hopefully someday I'll have better use for writing this kind of style,
to come up with something that'll leave an imprint for more than a while.

Well other than those I do have quite a fun imagination inventing stories and events that take place and also try to uncover concepts and ways of thinking. Because I'm always quiet a lot I build up all these ideas but never really share them that often...hopefully I have it built up enough I can make a pretty good story and get some good points across while making it enjoyable

[Ambrosia]

that's a good question. I write because i have far too much imagination. When I'm writing, I'm imagining myself in the shoes of another. It's a wonderful feeling.
I started writing a fiction about angels and impossible love in..2008? and since then I write whenewer i'm bored or when i have too much creativity. I enjoy writing books right now, much more than VN's or poetry.