Inadequate

An understatement.
When the teacher askes you what genre you write, don't ask "What's a genre?"
Protagonist? Antagonist? What are those?

I had a lot to learn to say the least. I learned quickly. I read just about every book out there about writing and I add to that list every week or two. I was (still am) a spunge and will never stop learning.
I will be posting a list of what I have found to be the best resources for writers as far as books go. And you will find, several authors agree with me. These will be your "go to" books that you'll want to buy and keep handy.

Taking The Plunge

       For many years people would ask me, "What are you going to do with your life?" and in my most excited and enthusiastic voice, usually a little bit high-pitched, I would would respond, "I'm a stay at home mom."
      "Well, that's great but what do you want to do for the rest of your life?" Was always the response. Like I wasn't contributing to society or making my mark on the world raising kids.
      That was what I was plannig on doing for the rest of my life, but I had this uneasy feeling that ate and ate away at me until I couldn't stand it anymore. Someting was missing, but what?
      So I decided, I wanted to write and I checked a towering stack of books out at the local library and set to work studying these books about writing. The first book I read was about writing for children- don't even remember the title. I read a few others and decided, no way is writing for me. So I kept looking...
      I'm a very creative person and thought I might trying crafting or start my own scrapbook business, but I realized I couldn't do those things forvever. For a long time I did nothing, but life just didn't feel right; I didn't feel complete. A year or two passed with me wandering here and there, and I turned back to writing. I took a class and dove in...