WRITER CHALLENGE: Bare it All

When was the last time you read your very first piece of literary work? A month ago, two months ago, or maybe even a year? Let's all admit it. Our first work kind of sucked. Whoops, correction: remove "kind of", because it did suck and we can't hide that now. We were kids who had no idea how to construct sentences and create characters. That's the point. We were kids.

This month, we'd like to take you back to your old writer self. If you're brave enough to bare it all and show the world how you once wrote, then do it. Submit your "worst" work and we'll choose the boldest, bravest ones to feature here. Then, say something about how you became better after the years. What do you think changed in your writing? Did you find your voice, or did you lose it?

This challenge isn't here to make fun of you. It's for you to see how good you've become, to prove to yourself that practice does make perfect. If you think your writing sucks now, then look back at your very first work. If you improved from that, then there's still room for more improvement now.

Your work doesn't need to have perfect grammar (we all make mistakes!) and a format. Hey, it was your first work. Be proud of it! One day, you'll look back at it and smile when you remember the joy of writing your first story/novel/essay/poem.

What are you waiting for? Bare it all.