J.W. Creative Writer:

Creative writing comes from the mind, but is driven by the heart. Whether the writer is young or old it matters not. A willing spirit is one that is willing to follow an inner voice that guides the pen or fingers in the direction he/she should go. My first attempt at writing was when I was in Junior High School. Woodrow Wilson in Port Arthur, Texas was the place. The opportunity was an assignment in English class to write a poem or short story for the school journalism booklet. It was seventh grade and everyone was asked to submit something for consideration. I did the same in eighth grade as well. The reason for mentioning that is because I don’t recall the year I submitted a very short story entitled “A scary night.” It did get published in the booklet and no I didn’t win any awards or even get mentioned over the speaker during announcements. What it did was dig deep into my creative memories and arise on another occasion to encourage me to take an even bigger step at writing and submitting that led to my first of four books in a fiction series to get published. Wow! Talk about hearing voices! Listen to them. The next time you hear one, follow it and see where it leads. I am thankful I did.