Shining A Light On This Writer — Caitlin McColl
Hello and nice to meet you!
I was tagged in this prompt by Linda Ng and thought it would be fun to delve into how and why I started writing — which as Linda says, is a great way to learn about and support other writers and why they’re here on Medium doing what they’re doing.
Why did you start writing?
I have always loved writing, and have written for as long as I can remember. The first book I wrote I was in elementary school and it was an illustrated couple pages affair on a few folded pieces of construction paper — about a knight who defeated a dragon to rescue a princess (yes, not original, I know but I was only about 5 or 6!).
I started writing fiction as a kid/teenager (mostly Star Trek Fan Fiction — don’t judge!). I can’t remember why I started, to be honest, except that I love reading (mainly fiction — and mostly fantasy) and so I guess I started writing because of that, as a natural evolution of reading. I started writing fiction more seriously in 2009 or so, but I’ll get into that in the next question.
How did you start writing?
Back around 2009 I think it was, I somehow stumbled across National Novel Writing Month (better known as NaNoWriMo), and so I joined and that’s how I…
