Hello yall. I'm (obviously) new here. Started writing ~4 years ago just to fit in with my friends. Nowadays most of them don't write much at all, for me though, it stuck. I've not really had and interaction at all with other writers beyond my friends in 8th grade. So this should be interesting! Honestly, I found this at random. Was looking for a place to get my work critiqued and eventually a place to find beta readers (Though, not anytime soon). I just typed "writing forums" into google and this was the first result. So, uh, hi! I'm excited to see what comes of this.
Sounds like me at the same age. That's exactly how I ended up here in the beginning of 2008 when I was finishing up high school. There's certainly a good amount of us very excited to help and learn from new writers making their way here. Welcome!