I always loved telling stories and by the time I was in middle school, I started writing them. I started by simply writing about my favorite characters like Harry Potter and Alice (from the Alice series by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.) Eventually, I started writing characters that I had invented, which quickly led me to to write about myself. Writing has always been therapeutic for me and I have always expressed myself best through writing. I think because writing (and literature) is often a very personal form of expression, that's what makes it a natural art.