Jake

So
before I had the ability to physically write, I was a story teller. My first "book" was a series of four year old drawings stapled together on crappy paper. I would narrate the story as I turned the pages and explained what they were.
Time moved on and as a child I loved to read (I still LIKE reading but its not my primary activity XD). So I read and read and realized, it would be fugging cool to have my OWN story. So in fourth grade I began writing scripts for comic books and my first substantial story (like derrick I followed the super hero theme) was The Adventures of Lizard Man! It was great. I wrote several (very primitive I might add) stories of a man named Jay who turned into his alias, Lizard Man and fought various villains. It even came with its own illustrations! Beyond that I wrote stories involving pirates and such.
In sixth grade I began to read alot! And of course writing followed. Me and a kid named James would always come up with crazy ideas. I began to write several stories of my own.
Seventh grade,
Became good friends with Derrick and Jonny Boy!. Loved the kids. Derrick was famous for writing tons (as it seemed) in a series he called, Quake. Meanwhile I wrote the work I was most proud of for my age. I called it, The Awakening. It was a series of story "parts" each seperate volumes. Jon supported me throughout the project. However I never went far with it. Some of my best memories of this part in my life, was the hours me and Jon would spend writing comics together. To be honest only WE could laugh at the humor but I honestly will never forget it.
Eight grade,
Not much writing career highlights here. But, I must say, this is where I began to develope structure and style. This was displayed when Derrick, James, and I initiated a short lived project which was OUR interpretation of the 9th installment in the famous Halloween series (The chronicles of Michael Myers). I put alot of effort into this and for an eight grader (if I do say so myself) it was pretty impressive. This year was also dear to me, because Derrick, Matt, Jon, and myself began our "band" phase (which I must say we to this day still hold dear to our hearts). This was a chance to express the art of words in a poetic sense. This was a peroid of evolution of my writing.
Ninth grade began and high school started. Me and Derrick become very close as did our writing. This was when I developed a awkward love for expression through words and story telling. I began several poetry projects (Sitzkreig) and began writing my infamous, Slinger (no relation to the Dark Tower series by the great Stephen King) story. This milestone was the most of a story I had ever written. Over 30 pages of cheesy action. However, sadly this too died. This was the year I also began to develope ideas for Tragedy which was grown into Kaden's Musical.

Now here I am,
A sophmore currently. And now I must say, I want to be a writer for the rest of my life. As now, I look up the Stephen King for inspiration and I hold him in high regards. I feel he should go down in history right in between Edgar Allen Poe and the great Shakesphere himself. My style in my opinion follows a brisk tough straight foward tone. I try to hold chillin undertones and capture the esscence of our minds random paths. Many do not enjoy this style however I feel it is a great form of writing. I like to incorrporate cryptic and obscure imagery to help bring visual to the emotions we have not given names and cannot be described with plain words.

This is my journey in writing thus far,
and hopefully
I can add pages more unto this in the future.

-Jake T. Edmunds