In sixth grade we had an assignment in English class to write a few short stories. When I read my first story aloud, the class erupted in laughter. The teacher asked the next student to read their story, but the class was only interested in the other ones I’d written. I read three more stories that I’d quickly penned that day and everyone loved them. It would have continued had I not run out of material.
It was that day that I decided I liked writing.
Unlike with food, I don’t have any specific training as a writer. I didn’t pursue it academically, and I have done very little of it professionally. Writing has just always been my hobby and a means of catharsis.
I write because I enjoy it, but I write here because food is important to me. I don’t “write for the webâ€, in the sense that most posts here read more like magazine or newspaper articles than blog entries. I don’t believe that everyone on the Internet has a short attention span. Hopefully I can attract people that are interested in reading my writing, but if not, I’ll still be doing it anyway.
