Dante Sawyer
Troubadour
When did you know you wanted to write fantasy? Or simply write in general? What inspired you to pick up the preverbal pen and begin writing your first work? Was it a single clarifying moment, or a series of events?
I realize this is a broad question, but I’m interested to see where others on this forum found their initial inspiration to pursue the craft of writing.
I’ll begin… I was sixteen. Over winter break, my family took a vacation to Hawaii. Shortly after checking into the hotel, my father realized he forgot to bring a book with him. We quickly went to a nearby Barnes n’ Noble for my father to pick up some Clancy novel. While there, a book caught my eye. I was by no means an avid reader (I hadn’t read a book for pleasure since well before the beginning of high school), but I thought I’d give it a shot nonetheless. Stephen King’s The Gunslinger astounded me. I couldn’t believe I could be so entranced by a book (and that is even the “bad” Dark Tower book!). I’d always liked writing, but after reading that novel, I knew that was what I wanted to do with my life.
Not too exciting for a moment of inspiration, I know, but that’s what it was.
Please, share what got you into the craft!
(Also, as an aside, this is my 100th post… I think that means I’m a ‘Lore Master’ now. Woo!)
I realize this is a broad question, but I’m interested to see where others on this forum found their initial inspiration to pursue the craft of writing.
I’ll begin… I was sixteen. Over winter break, my family took a vacation to Hawaii. Shortly after checking into the hotel, my father realized he forgot to bring a book with him. We quickly went to a nearby Barnes n’ Noble for my father to pick up some Clancy novel. While there, a book caught my eye. I was by no means an avid reader (I hadn’t read a book for pleasure since well before the beginning of high school), but I thought I’d give it a shot nonetheless. Stephen King’s The Gunslinger astounded me. I couldn’t believe I could be so entranced by a book (and that is even the “bad” Dark Tower book!). I’d always liked writing, but after reading that novel, I knew that was what I wanted to do with my life.
Not too exciting for a moment of inspiration, I know, but that’s what it was.
Please, share what got you into the craft!
(Also, as an aside, this is my 100th post… I think that means I’m a ‘Lore Master’ now. Woo!)
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