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When I was younger I didn't enjoy reading, even though I did read.

I also didn't write much. Sometimes I made an occasional comic (enjoying more of the illustrating than the actual writing) and later on an attempt at a story that was not a comic.

I didn't finish any of them.

I only ever had the occasional fleeting thought of becoming an author.

For years I never wrote. But I was finally finding books that I actually enjoyed.

In 2023, when I was fourteen years old, my family went to a homeschool convention and I was able to meet S. D. Smith, who was (and is) my favorite author. It was also there, at that convention that I also joined The Young Writers Workshop, which is an online writing community for young writers. I never had thought that it would have the impact on me that it has had. I made (and making!) writing friends and learned (and learning!) so much.

My dry writing seed within me was finally watered and it began to take root.

I started to dream that maybe I could do this as a career, but it was more of a question. I wondered if this was something I could actually do.

My Writing Journey

In April 2023 I joined The Young Writers Workshop which is an online writing community for young writers.

For about three years I worked on a single story and wrote 15k in it, but dropped the project late 2025.

In October 2025 I wrote 30k in a new story for an event in The Young Writers Workshop.

In January 2026 I finished the rough draft of my story I had started in October.

Dates

For almost three years I worked on a single story, writing off and on whenever I felt like it, but that story didn't make it very far past 15k words.

I was gradually loosing interest in my story. I would brainstorm and dream of the epic fantasy story it could be, but writing it was another thing.

In 2025, The Young Writers Workshop had a event with the challenge to write 30k in the month of October.

I took on the challenge. And I believed that I could achieve it.

I dropped my story idea I had been working on for the past three years and started a completely different story.

That October I successfully wrote 30k in my new story idea. I doubled the word count of my previous story that I had been working on for three years in one month.

I finally found the enjoyment in writing that I had dreamed of.

Since then I have been taking writing seriously with a career in mind.

My dream is to become an author and I'm taking steps and working hard to make it a reality. I'm not just imagining it as a world I can never reach.

"Commit your work to the Lord, and you plans will be established." - Proverbs 16:3

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