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by Debra Thornley on Nov.07, 2009, under life, writing prompts
Saturday Starter: Your Writing Origins
After I graduated from college with my first bachelor’s degree I went to visit my mother in California. Tears welled up in my eyes as she took me into her office and opened her keepsake trunk. She gently pulled out a large, yellowed piece of paper and handed it to me. When I unfolded it, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that what she had kept hidden away for many years was the first story I had ever written. After my visit, I took it home, had it carefully framed and it now hangs on my wall above my writing space, a constant reminder of my writing origins. When I wrote that story, I was six years old and had written most of my words the way they sounded:
Blackie flew on a tree. It was poysn ock. Blackie got etchus all ovir.
For today’s writing warm up, write about the first story you wrote. How old were you? What grade were you in? What was your teacher’s name? Who was your best friend at the time? Rewrite the story now, adding more action, description and details to the story, OR write a story about the little boy or girl who wrote the story. Enjoy a walk down memory lane. 
Have fun!
Until next time,
Walk in beauty, write life with passion!
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November 7th, 2009 on 7:31 pm
Great writing exercise! I remember my first story. It was about my first dog. I gave him superhuman powers in the story and there were UFOs in it, of course. Thanks for prompting me to recall the first story I wrote.
November 7th, 2009 on 9:33 pm
About Casper? I wrote a story about him too – and he was SuperDog. I still have the book somewhere. Who knows where.