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Re:Growing into Your Pen - 07/28/2006
I first started writing stories when I was in 5th grade. There has always been something of the storyteller in me and hopefully I have matured from my first story which dealt with talking tables, chairs and salt shakers in the school cafeteria complaining about how they were treated by the students. 
The longer we write then the more confident and mature our writing becomes. First, the confidence that "I can do this". As we mature then we take the time to work at it rather than dashing words on the page and hoping that something worthwhile appears.
In high school I began to write poetry. Those poems which I still have show that I suffered from BDD (Bob Dylan Disease). Everything had to rhyme no matter how bizarre or forced it made the poem. The tone was bombastic and overblown in a bad opera manner. In other words it was filled with hormones and the surety of youth.
Now my poems are mostly free style, though I still enjoy writing haikus. I feel that as I have become more confident and comfortable with myself and my skill that my voice has improved and the quality of my poems has improved.
To distill the advice, I would say keep at it. It oftentimes feels like work but the results of the work of creation far outweigh the pains. In other words (to quote a president), it's fun.
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