kimberley-anne-spence
South African
started writing at the age of nine. / scope of my chosen themes did not extend beyond aliens and dolphins and a bizarre amalgamation of sweet valley and nancy drew. / attempted my first fantasy epic at the age of twelve. / being hypersensitive to criticism, kept most of what i wrote to myself / next came a cascade of terrible, adolescent angst-ridden and self-pitying rhyming diary entries that cannot be passed off as poetry. attempted social commentary in the form of punk lyrics. gave up writing and spent two years studying theory religiously. withdrawal symptoms manifested in the form of OCD-intruding and pervasive images of writing again and i eventually relented. its been a while so my writing isn't amazing, i'm just doing this for myself, hoping to improve.
