Poll #17: When Did You Start Taking Writing Seriously? - Page 3

umbreon2000 · 12-29-2011, 01:04 PM

I wrote my first full novel (though it really DID suck) when I was seven but I had started writing it when I was six. I've always wanted to be a writer

snow_yuki · 01-17-2012, 12:13 PM

I took writing English novels and stories seriously when I was fourteen.

Schweet-T · 01-17-2012, 12:28 PM

I'd probably say around 13-14. There was a girl I liked, and I wrote her poems. She still has them, actually. XD

rania · 01-17-2012, 04:42 PM

At the age of fifteen, when I'd written my first short story and my friends said that I should develop it into a novel. I'm still working on it

thekingsguard · 01-24-2012, 10:15 PM

I've wanted to write since the third grade. Didn't get good at it until aorund the time I was finishing high school. Didn't take it seriously until I started my blog, and got involved in freelance writing.

Rurikredwolf · 01-24-2012, 10:33 PM

I started to take it seriously after I reached the end of my first series, when I was 15. I loved how I felt at the end and I immediately started on the sequel. This was about three years ago and I remade the series with The Ceremony, which I started to post on here.

But although I want to become an author, I don't want it to be less fun. Hence why I came here instead of going to a creative writing class in college.

Alaera · 05-05-2012, 04:00 PM

When I 1st saw my cousin after many years, she inspired me to start writing again. But I never took it seriously until the year later (aged 11) when I found out how much you can enjoy it!

Georgy · 05-06-2012, 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by Nyx

There should be an option for people like me who haven't started taking it seriously yet

That's absolutely right! How can we take seriously such a useless and eccentric occupation as the writing?

Artmis · 05-25-2012, 09:37 PM

I would say about 10-12 I guess

Georgy · 05-26-2012, 02:37 AM

When my uncle saw me writing, he asked me: " Why so serious?"
Since then I've been writing nonsense for fun.

View Poll Results: At what age did you start taking writing seriously?
6 or earlier	1	1.45%
7-8	2	2.90%
9-10	6	8.70%
11-12	19	27.54%
13-14	20	28.99%
15-16	10	14.49%
17-18	1	1.45%
19-20	1	1.45%
21-22	0	0%
23-24	0	0%
25 and up	0	0%
I haven't...yet!	9	13.04%
Voters: 69. You may not vote on this poll

01-17-2012, 12:13 PM	View Post #22 (Link)
snow_yuki Idea Scribe Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: I currently work at the Fields of Asphodel with Daedalus X) Posts: 79 Points: 18.94 Times Thanked: 2	I took writing English novels and stories seriously when I was fourteen. __________________ "With great power comes... great need to take a nap." - Nico di Angelo [♥] [♥] Nico strode forward. The enemy army fell back before him like he radiated death, which of course he did. His expression turned as dark as Tartarus, she didn't know why, but she got the idea: Drop it. Watashino no fanfiction desu. PLEASE CRIT MAH STORY HERE

01-17-2012, 04:42 PM	View Post #24 (Link)
rania Scholarly Apprentice Join Date: May 2011 Location: Behind you Posts: 139 Points: 34 Times Thanked: 33	At the age of fifteen, when I'd written my first short story and my friends said that I should develop it into a novel. I'm still working on it __________________ “All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and afterwards it all belongs to you: the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse and sorrow, the people and the places and how the weather was. If you can get so that you can give that to people, then you are a writer.” ― Ernest Hemingway

01-24-2012, 10:33 PM	View Post #26 (Link)
Rurikredwolf Novice Writer Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 22 Points: 7 Times Thanked: 2	I started to take it seriously after I reached the end of my first series, when I was 15. I loved how I felt at the end and I immediately started on the sequel. This was about three years ago and I remade the series with The Ceremony, which I started to post on here. But although I want to become an author, I don't want it to be less fun. Hence why I came here instead of going to a creative writing class in college. __________________ http://rurikredwolf.deviantart.com/ <---the site where I post my other writings and make blogs. Also the best way to reach me if you need me. Also, I am dyslexic.

05-26-2012, 02:37 AM	View Post #30 (Link)
Georgy Literary Artist Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: in the yellow submarine Posts: 371 Points: 10.9 Times Thanked: 45	When my uncle saw me writing, he asked me: " Why so serious?" Since then I've been writing nonsense for fun. __________________ "The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, The leopard lie down with the kid; The calf, the beast of prey, and the fatling together, With a little boy to herd them. The cow and the bear shall graze." Isaiah's Book ch. 11:1-12, 16.

12-29-2011, 01:04 PM	View Post #21 (Link)
umbreon2000 Novice Writer Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: A cold, barren wasteland inhabited by demons Posts: 24 Points: 17.43 Times Thanked: 1	I wrote my first full novel (though it really DID suck) when I was seven but I had started writing it when I was six. I've always wanted to be a writer

01-17-2012, 12:28 PM	View Post #23 (Link)
Schweet-T Idea Scribe Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Florida Posts: 49 Points: 3.04 Times Thanked: 6	I'd probably say around 13-14. There was a girl I liked, and I wrote her poems. She still has them, actually. XD

01-24-2012, 10:15 PM	View Post #25 (Link)
thekingsguard Abstract Thinker Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Richmond, VA Posts: 39 Points: 5 Times Thanked: 1	I've wanted to write since the third grade. Didn't get good at it until aorund the time I was finishing high school. Didn't take it seriously until I started my blog, and got involved in freelance writing.

05-05-2012, 04:00 PM	View Post #27 (Link) Well...
Alaera Literary Newbie Join Date: May 2012 Location: London Posts: 8 Points: 21 Times Thanked: 2	When I 1st saw my cousin after many years, she inspired me to start writing again. But I never took it seriously until the year later (aged 11) when I found out how much you can enjoy it!

05-25-2012, 09:37 PM	View Post #29 (Link)
Artmis Scholarly Apprentice Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 145 Points: 8.63 Times Thanked: 12	I would say about 10-12 I guess