Fictional reboot.

In my case, I've never wanted to be a writer, I had no choice. It has always been something I've been driven to do. I have always sought an outlet for creativity, music, writing, drawing. The only one that I'm even remotely close to being satisfied with my meager abilities would be writing.

Most certainly I've had thoughts and dreams of writing the Great American novel,  Pulitzer Prize and all that.  I never acted on them though.  For most of my life my creations have been for me alone. Once in a blue moon I'll let someone read something. Most of the time my stories either get filed away or discarded. It's the creation of the story, not the reading of my words that is important. 

I was first published, if you can call it that, in a local newspaper at about age 6 or 7, and then in the same local newspaper every year for the next four or five. It seemed a great achievement then. I seem to remember my parents made a big deal about it at the time. Then the other shoe dropped. I never received any encouragement from them to pursue writing. It was never talked about. That's probably one of the reasons why I've never sought publication. Another, would be my lack of faith in my skills in this craft.

I'm writing with a different outlook now, and trying to devote and focus energy on storytelling.  I’ve received encouragement from people, writers, authors and readers alike.  Someone has to write the stories.  Why not me?