Here’s to the Past

The first thing I ever wrote was this four part series called Quake.

It filled out two composition notebooks and the first one I had received after watching the film Shark boy and Lava Girl

It sounds corny, but I made my mom drive me to Walmart so I could buy a notebook because well, the movie inspired me

It was all about dreams and I always wanted to get my dreams out

So what better way to do it then put it on paper

And what did I write about

Superheroes of course!

And that is the point I realized I wanted to be an author when I grew up

So in ninth grade I found a short story I wrote the previous year called The Barracks

I typed it up and gave it to people in my class

It was the first thing I actually really typed and tried to make look like a book and looking at it now I realize I put some hard work into that

So I gave it to my teacher, Mr. Ringold and he read it and said it was awesome and it reminded him of a video game

But it was a bit stereotypical

And I agree, it is a bit one-dimensional

Jake also said if it was in the future, it could've had futuristic weapons

And I hit myself in the head for forgetting about that

But nonetheless I'm going to post this because well I believe that you cannot hold a true identity without looking at your past

So I present: The Barracks