My name is reenah, and I thought I'd introduce myself a little
I thought I'd tell you why I came to this forum...
a bit more than a month ago, I 'decided' I'll try and write a book.
I have written my first *small* stories, when I was 5 years old, not in school yet, and with no idea about grammar
In elementary school we had to write stories, or the ending of an story...
and I was good at that, but starting with secondary school, I started to hate books, probably because we had to read so many aweful ones.
And I haven't read any books outside school ever again... until about 1-2 years ago I started to read again for my own enjoyment. Since then I have learned to LOVE books again.
Still, I have never, not in my entire life, thought about becoming a writer.
I always thought 'I could never do that!', but that changed somehow into 'I think I could write, if I only knew WHAT I want to write', and that thought one day ended in 'I want to write a book myself!'....
About 1-2 months ago, several smaller things happened, that made me realize, that if I ever had any talent for anything at all, it has to do with LANGUAGE. It was another part of my decision to try and write.
One day I had an idea for a story, but two days later I threw it away again! I kind of thought that I should forget about writing a book - not because my first idea was rubbish, but because I really don't know if I can write at all... I never really did it. I know most people here have written for a long time, even just for their own enjoyment, or simply diaries - or because they HAVE to write.
I never felt I HAVE to write, not even now. But I have this strange feeling that it is what I am meant to do, especially because I never wanted to do it before....
Anyway, some days later, before falling asleep, I had another idea. And this time I really saw the locations in my head, and I knew the ending, and the next day, I started to collect my ideas....
And that's it. I'm still collecting my ideas, and thoughts... and I still have no idea if I can do it at all.
The reason that I do it is that I feel I should do it, just for myself. And also because I want to find out if I have the talent for it...
So, that's a bit about me
By the way, English is not my first language, so don't be surprised if I'm not that good!
Reenah
