How I became a writer. Part 1

How I became a writer. Part 1.

Like many things in life, so many things come to us in unexpected ways. I never studied to be a writer. It probably shows but so be it. I write the way I want to, and I think of myself as a storyteller more than a writer.

The truth of the matter is that my background is in Industrial Design and manufacturing. The writing? Well, it happened this way…

I had written poems secretly for years. When I say years, it all began about the age of 12. I used to write in notebooks, it was mostly poetry and had nothing to do with books or short stories.

The writing came somewhat naturally. I enjoyed writing poetry. I filled notebook upon notebook and wrote every day. I assume it kept me sane while I was growing up.

After years and years of writing in secret and hiding my little notebooks, we had a death in the family. I was in my twenties, my beloved grandfather passed away. I would not be able to attend the funeral. My brother and mother were going to Hungary to attend the funeral.  All I could think was…

I had to say goodbye to my grandfather…

I decided to write a letter to him, to be read at the funeral. This letter was somewhat of a story, a poem, and my way to say goodbye.

When my mom read it, she of course cried and asked how I was able to write this letter. At that time, I finally told them that I had been writing for years. I guess that was the start of something. But that was only the beginning.

The poems sometimes grew into short stories and the short stories broke up into poems and so on.

None of this was learned nor did I have much interest in writing or reading at the time. I did what I wanted, how I wanted. To this day I despise people analyzing poems that others wrote. I have my reasons but mostly it is because you have no clue what I am thinking.  Even if you tried to guess you could be wrong. If you like the poem, enjoy it.

If you relate to it and feel emotionally touched by it, that is amazing. But don’t try to get inside my head…

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