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The Enigma Introduction
The Enigma
By:Noah Nicholls
Intro Before the Intro (2025)
This is one of the first large writing projects I ever attempted, and is definitely the first one I ever finished. I wrote this when I was 16 years old to impress a girl (is there ever a better reason to do anything?), and while I am somewhat scared to put this on the internet due to the content of the story (which may be both crude and amateur, and if so I do not stand by my former self!), I think it serves as an important stepping stone in my pursuits as an author. I have not edited the content of this text whatsoever so formatting errors may exist. Enjoy!
Introduction
When I was really little my dad gave me a moleskine notebook for Christmas. I didn’t use it for anything productive, mostly just doodling small pictures and such, but it helped me put my thoughts, and mainly my creativity, down in one place. I continued getting notebooks throughout my life, and they became more cohesive as I grew up, but they were still my ideas and aspirations. In these notebooks, I would write little stories, comics, theories, but they were never very well made, and I quickly lost interest in what I would write, or would be embarrassed by the low effort, so they were all either really short or unfinished. This idea for this book was no different. It was the same type of idea, same premise, the only difference in what made me complete this was confidence in my own ability to write. I want to thank my friends, as well as family members for not only giving me the experience and ideas necessary to write this story, but also the inspiration to start it and the confidence/meaning to write the whole thing. I might be going off track but here is my main point: With the right people to support you, anyone can write a story. No matter how stupid or pointless you might think that story is, it matters to someone, and if you place value on the people’s beliefs who support you, then you should like what you write to. Anyone can write, no matter what it is, and everyone should write. Lastly, don’t assume what you write is going to be your masterpiece and it will be what you are known for. If you believe that, then you will be known for thinking your work is some amazing piece of artwork and seen as egocentric. Furthermore, the best writers did not write one book. Stephen king wrote over 90 books, Ernest Hemmingway wrote at least 27 books, and Ray Bradbury wrote at least 24 books. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, because I’m just a 16 year old kid who wrote a short story. I don’t know everything, but I think these are good ideas to think about when writing a book.
Tl;dr:Everyone is creative, they just need to right people to provide them support and confidence to write, as made apparent by the fact that I was able to write this with the support of some friends, but don’t become obsessed with your writing to the point of narcissism because like anything, it’s a learning process and the beauty is in
improvement.