I watched the movie Stand By Me recently. I've seen it countless times before when I was younger, but it's been a while. When I was a kid we watched it all the time on HBO because it was on every other day.
It was the story that made me want to write. Later in life I searched out the book Different Seasons and was amazed. The Body and Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption blew me away.
At one point in the movie something truly amazing happened. I realized that not only did I know the movie that made me want to become a writer. I realized the exact scene.
When I was a kid I remember viewing this scene and thinking it was the coolest thing ever. Some kids wanted to be basketball players, others movie stars, I thought sitting at home in front of a computer and writing was the ultimate. I still do.
When did you know?
