I have always liked writing fiction stories. Fantasy is usually the genre I lean towards whenever I write.

 

I remember clearly, a story that my friends were working on in 5th grade about the different elemental powers we could have. It was in a composition notebook.

 

We were each a character in the story, and we each had our own power (earth, wind, water, and fire). Later on in high school, I found the book and realized we never really wrote more than our character descriptions and outlines, and two lines of dialogue. It was a very sad start to our idea, but we had played out our characters on the playground instead of writing it down physically.

 

 

Even at a young age, I had one heck of an imagination. I was a storyteller, even if I didn't write it down.

 

I never thought of myself as a writer. I was always the musician. The piano player. The violinist. The idea of writing a novel never seemed like a likely thing that I could do.

 

My younger self had yet to register that I could write something that people might actually (want to) read.

 

Then I discovered different online writing communities and found my people! (Not to be overdramatic or anything)