I Write For Me

Do you write all things that are real? Do you ever write fiction? Like stories? I do. I have since I was little. I used to let people see my poems (I was a kid, they all mostly rhymed). I once wrote a short story in 3rd grade for school but my teacher loved it and kept it so I don't have it. I remember most of it though and it would make a great children's book.

As an adult, I've started and stopped and started and stopped writing several different stories. Nobody will ever see them but me. I'm not that good at it but I have the stories in my head so I try to put them into words. I don't have a whole lot of writing confidence, I'd NEVER let anyone see what I write, other than the real stuff that I post here. Real stuff comes easy for me.

My daughter read one of the stories I started writing in a composition notebook. I don't use computers. I like good old pen and paper. She didn't really have much of an opinion. But she's also only 13. That further ensures nobody will ever see any story I ever write. Unless I rewrite the kid story I wrote in 3rd grade. That would be ok to let people see.

I know I'm rambling and boring as hell. I want to write though and I don't really have anything to say right now. I can ask you all questions though.

Do you write fiction ever?
Do you let people read it if you do?
Do you think you're any good at it?
Would you even let your best friend read what you write? To answer this I did let my best friend read something I wrote once and she liked it. But I still don't have the writing abilities that I see in the books I read every day. Absolutely NOTHING like my favorite authors.

Like I said, I write for me. If there's a story floating around in my head I put it on paper and I read it and rewrite it a millions times. It's what I've always done. Someday I'll burn all my notebooks before I get old and senile so my family can't get ahold of them.