I have started this to record my journey of returning to writing. I started to write as most children do with poetry. I remember well in first grade when most children were writing poems for there mom's on mothers day, they always started out with "Roses are Red..." I did not do this. I can't quite recall exactly what words I used on that first mother days card, I just remember my refusal to start a card that way, instead using a different format that impressed my teacher.
I remember that year and consecutive years until I reached junior high my parents always received a letter from the instructor and principal of my school outlining my writing talent and encouraging my parents to encourage my talent.
As time continued on I wrote my poems.. The first poem I remember writing had been during the winter of my fourth grade year.
Winter is ugly and mean
It locks children in their grave
And they cry very long
For a beautiful song
That's why we remember
This season all along.
With my parents encouragement I submitted it to some magazine. I received a hand written rejection letter encouraging me to hone my talent and keep writing.
By the time I reached sixth grade I had progressed to short stories. I wrote feverishly, every night, every chance I got. My parents bought me a typewriter and a tape recorder.
I carried around the tape recorder, pens, and journals with me everyday.
Then somewhere after graduating high school I stopped writing. I stopped because I knew something was not right about my writing. I could not define what it had been all those years until I reached the age of 42, took a free online writing class and joined Writer Buddy.
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