Some people (or one) asked me what got me writing. Which is a very interesting question. Why did I, Megan Wonsmos, start writing? What was my motivation? When did it all begin..?
Well, it actually started in about fourth grade. My teacher was going around and asking us what we wanted to be when we were older. Now, you should understand, we were only about nine or ten, we really only had childish dreams, or that’s what some would say.
We were ambitious children. I was actually surprised to a friend of mine say she wanted to be a Pediatrician. I thought I was the only one who knew what that was! Another friend said they wanted to be a Veterinarian. I just smiled.
I was one of the last ones to speak (we were going in alphabetic order.) I had the entire time to think about what I wanted to be. Here were my two answers, (Yes I answered with two), and I quote: “I want to be an Ice Cream Lady! Because then I could get free ice cream! Or... Or a writer! I love to write!”
And that was so true. My love for writing came from my love for reading. I would read books like Harry Potter, The Wanderer, and other books from so many great authors! I wished I could write as well as them! Whenever my teacher gave out a writing assignment, I worked as hard as I could to perfect my work, though it wasn’t even close to perfect. I was always the first to read it aloud, and I was always so happy when my work came back with no to few corrections made.
Writing was a passion that I developed at an early age. And it didn’t leave me. When I graduated elementary, and went to middle school, my passion never changed. I still loved to write. I still loved it when my work was being published.
That’s when I started to write fanfiction. Now, don’t get me wrong, at that time... I sucked! I couldn’t write to save my life! I didn’t know anything about the basics of writing. I didn’t know how to make someone think, or do actions, or talk! I didn’t know about quotations, or parenthesis. Yes, I learned this all in elementary, but I dropped it in middle school. I did what my friends did. Which was wrong.
Don't fret. I picked up my writing back in seventh grade, thank GOD. But I was still horribly illiterate. I didn’t capitalize what I should have and my punctuation was the worst... Sadly I was still better than most of my other peers.
Then I went to Sumner. Sumner got me back into the writing mood. Sumner made me literate. Sumner gave me such wonderful bursting ideas that I just had to write about! I currently have three on-going stories, which I have yet to even get close to finishing.
I write, because I want to be good. I write because I want to be recognized. I write because I want kids to read my work and say “Wow! This is sooo good! I want to be able to write like her!” I want to make someone both laugh and cry in the same book. I want to write exciting work. I want to write sad love stories. I want to write.
Written by: Megan Wonsmos
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