I Have Known in my heart that i would become a writer since the second grade, when i was given a pencil and asked to write an essay for the first time.  Other kids were struggling, but i realized in my first essays that a was going to be a writer when i grew up.  This certainty persisted thoughout my childhood education, and i wrote in much of my spare time, for fun.  I always wanted to be famous one day.  Then i went to college and studied English and recieved a B.A. in english.  I started writing poetry when i got out of college, and also painting,  Then i started freelancing for jobs online, and after i had worked a few jobs and recieved a few meagre paychecks, i got an offer to publish my poetry, and i did.  What started out as one volume of poetry soon became twenty five volumes of poetry...and i am still writing.
I used to want to be famous.  naturally, i still feel that desire... but then i joined workshops and poetry classes and groups.  In these workshops i met hundreds and thousands of aspiring poets who all wanted to be famous, and they were all very talented!  I am not the "best" of all writers.  Everybody's work is unique and wonderful.  when you read other people's works and critique, you realize that:
-Writing isn't about being famous.
-everybody has unique points of view
-you can make great friendships writing in groups
-there is no such thing as "a bad poem"
-every poet is talented.
so i no longer write to be "famous" someday.  I just write because i love to write, and to share my work with others.  And i have lots of online friends who feel the same way! www.allpoetry.com is my favorite place to connect with other poets and share my poems with others.