oh gosh i don't really know what the impetus was. i started when i was really young. i think my first fic must've been when i was ten or eleven? i was in fandom spaces from a super young age, and i always liked writing even before i discovered fic, so i think it felt like a natural progression for me. there were a few times where i took a break, but honestly i can't remember many times when i /wasn't/ writing fic