I am 35 years old and have been writing stories since I could hold a pencil. I write on anything that will hold an impression, at any time the inspiration strikes me.
My brother Will and I used to write comedy for skits that we'd perform for our family. Often in SNL-comedy news format with a sheet thrown over a board resting on two boxes. We were our own writers. We still riff back and forth from time to time. Comedy has very much been one of the essential fabrics of my makeup.
Ironically, I wrote a serious play when I was 15, and submitted it to a contest; I was reject more...