When I Wanted to be a Writer

An “I Desire” Essay

Amber Stewart

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The first thing I remember writing was a “play” when I was five years old. My dad helped me transcribe it. In the play, a princess was captured from her village and taken to a nearby castle. Her subjects were angry, and decided to go to the castle and sit chanting until her captors got so annoyed, they let her go. I’ve always been an idealist.

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Amber Stewart

Queer writer, essayist, and poet. American living in Uruguay. She/her.