Writing has been my obsession since childhood.
But stating something like that doesn’t really sink in until I talk to others who share my love for writing.
Does that happen to you? Do you not realize just how intensely you adore a hobby until AFTER you talk to someone else?
There is something about the comparison that draws out the similarities and differences alike. Something like that fascinates me!
When I listen to others talk about writing, the wishful thinking and the “some day I’ll write that book” statements I am floored. If they love writing, if that is something they aspire to, why doesn’t it fill their every thought until they can finally see their story in printed form? Why do they not make time for their characters? Why do they not obsess over every possible lane and avenue the story could take?
My obsession was such that I even played video games in order to get more of everything. More stories. More characters. More possibilities. And then, when I took that first fateful plunge into writing video game fan-fiction? The heavens opened and the floodgates were drawn back! Such a blur of fun and agony. The angst. The joy. The first introduction to the submission process – and the acceptance! The fans. The mentorings. The entire experience was unlike anything I had before, and it is that I attempt to emulate now in the ‘original fiction’ realm.
Some day I will rewrite all my fan-fiction to original fiction. Then they too can bask in the limelight of being read on an e-reader or pulled from a shelf. 
And don’t you think every character should have that ending?
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