In Six Words: "What Made Me Want to Become a Writer"

When did you first know--really know--that you wanted to be a writer? What was it that made you realize it? A favorite book? A particular experience?

In six words, tell us: What made you want to become a writer?

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the passion to right my life.

You don't choose; you are chosen.

When I had something to say.

Beverly Cleary, E.B. White, Anne Frank.  Then

Joanne Greenberg, Kurt Vonnegut, Barbara Kingsolver.

The need to speak my mind.

When I learned I could re-write

Distribute funny bones to the needy.

to write what I couldn't say

My sixth grade teacher, Alice Herman

not a want, writing is me

To share my experiences with others

Burning need to escape and discover

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