Before I ever wrote, I imagined fantasy worlds in my head. I remember mapping fantasy places as a very young kid. It was only much later that I realized that instead of just making up the world, one could have a story take place there. That was kind of the point of my first stories-- just to describe what was happening in my fantasy world. Over the years I've learned to get the same feeling of joy by creating characters and situations for them, and plot elements. Eventually writing just became something that I had to do everyday.
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