I wrote and published 5 books check them out here: https://www.lulu.com/search?sortBy=RELEVANCE&page=1&q=Jodie+Spartz&pageSize=10&adult_audience_rating=00
The year was 1993 I was 9 years old and I kept a diary and wrote in it a lot. I found some inserts from that time. I discovered a journal in my grandmothers basement that was written by 9 year old me. I had no memory of these writings all I knew for sure was they were mine. Throughout life the writing never stopped. I remember being given a word processor when I was 15 years old. I used to save all my writing to a floppy disk and just knew I would have it forever. That ended up not being the case. I don't remember now what exactly got me into trouble. My grandmother read something I had haphazardly left on screen. I'm sure it was about sex or something along those lines because she took the word processor and broke up my floppy disk so all that writing was no more.
The following year I wrote my first novella, I'm pretty sure it wasn't a whole novel. I do remember the name of it. It was called HollyHood, it was completely fiction but based off of somethings that were going on in the community in the year 2000 when I was 16. After losing that story I was devastated. I don't remember how I lost it, I just remember the feeling of being broken and very sad. I never wrote another story after that. I also don't think I started journaling again until I was 19 years old. Most of those journal's I still had but threw them away after typing them up. Because I wasn't able to hold on to the original writing. I had no safe place to keep it and I also found out that safe deposit boxes weren't really a thing anymore.
By the time I was 19 years old I had experienced so much trauma, I had no more imagination. The part of my brain was dark and all I could write about is what I was personally going through and about some of the things that where going on around me. To this day I don't know why I journal when my brain gets full; maybe because there were no breaks within the traumatic situations; maybe that's how I processed. I know that it's a good thing because I get to read it back to myself years later and see how the trauma affected me and the major changes and clarity I have recently found.
At the age of 39 in 2024 I started to discover the writer in me again due to more trauma that I continued to experience. As a woman suffering with BI-polar, Postpartum Depression and PTSD it's amazing to me that I was even able to start to heal. I moved to Los Angeles California and I've always heard people refer to me as a character and there were even times when it was stated that I could be a great actress one day. Now I know I am hella dramatic, I am a people person and it's possible that I might even be a lil funny. I decided to join a free improv class at the Groundings Theater school https://groundlings.com/. This school has been pumping out Actors, Actresses and comedian's since the 1970's.
There have been some big names that graduated from the Groundings Theater school such as Maya Rudolph who is the famous singer Minnie Riperton's daughter. I think she is so talented and I love her on SNL and BridesMaides a movie that came out in 2011. Lisa Kudrow, Jennifer Coolidge, Will Ferrell and Melissa McCarthy also graduated from there just to name a few. I found myself in this improv class. The point of the class was to see which 3 people could preform the best to receive free tuition to attend their school. I attended this class and soon found out that I was not an actress. I was mesmerized by the amazing acting that was going on around me. I couldn't even concentrate on the acting I was supposed to be doing. I was too busy picking people in my head that I would use to bring my writing to life as if I was holding auditions.
This is when I realized I am a writer. I enjoy watching actors and actress perfect their craft. I realized I don't want to do the work of remembering lines or anything else that comes with that life. I enjoy creating characters and building storylines and most definitely free writing. I am excited that I've finally found my niche in life and I'm excited to see how it grows. Thank you for reading as always and I hope you find your niche in life. Doing what you love barely feels like work at all. Try to do what you can not to be miserable in this life for you only get one! I also wrote and published 5 books check them out here: https://www.lulu.com/search?sortBy=RELEVANCE&page=1&q=Jodie+Spartz&pageSize=10&adult_audience_rating=00
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