Like so many of us, I started writing at a young age. It started with short stories when I was in primary school. Then, in middle school, the stories grew longer. And then, at 14 years old, I finished my first novel. It was fabulously bad. Like really bad. Imagine for a second that a preteen nerd writes a book. It was exactly as bad as you're thinking it could be. Corny, full of clichés, meaningless dialogue, over-the-top descriptions, and lots of Twilight- inspired teen patr