I’ve always hated writing. I don’t have anything new or original to say. (But at least I’m aware that what I write would be just recycled plots. I stopped reading on Nifty because there were too many people who thought they were being clever, but were really just taking Plot A with variations 2, 3, and 8 and characters a, b, c, and x.)
One of my therapist wanted me to keep a Journal. I did it for a few months. It was supposed to show me how I’d been able to make changes over time. The hardest entry was when she wanted me to write stream of consciousness thoughts down. My brain doesn’t work that way. I can never write as fast as my brain flits around. And I overthink things.
If I had been in Reggie’s class (which wouldn’t have happened since I was dropped from advanced classes in 7th grade), I wouldn’t have been one of the students seeing a counselor, I would have probably been just like Reggie being passive-aggressive when writing in his journal.
But for some reason, people keep telling me I should write stories. I don’t know how I’ve managed to find so many people who are insane! ;-)