Found: One short story I wrote when I was 12

After my grandmother passed away last December, my mom and her brother and sister have been going through her house to get her belongings sorted out. Among those items was a short story I wrote when I was 12, around the time I was in the 7th grade (about 1992). I sent it to my grandparents and they had apparently filed it away for all these years.

I don’t remember writing this specific short story, but I remember it being an assignment for my creative writing class. We had to read them in front of the class – which was probably the worst part. The only other memory I have of this story is was received pretty well by my classmates and my creative writing teacher.

From all my years writing fiction, this short story is probably the oldest that has been saved. Today I scanned the pages into my computer as a PDF file and I’m considering posting the file here on Brad’s Reader for all to read. Therefore, I’m not going to give away the title or plot just yet. But as my wife kindly pointed out, the story’s plot has a lot in common with an old movie that was released around the same time.

Have you ever stumbled upon something you’ve written during your childhood? Was your writing juvenile and riddled with mistakes, or were you a budding Shakespeare? Either way, leave a comment and share your experience.

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