Lol. I started writing when I was 14 :). I\'ve never taken a lesson in my life and never want to because I\'ve always felt those sort of classes make your stories sound like essays :|.
I was actually merely being silly :P. Writing tons of stories all at the same time is not something prideful because it means I\'ve never actually finished anything yet:D. The reason I do it that way is because my interests wander in-between my stories, generally based off of what book I had last read. If I read a fantasy, I work on my Phoenix novel, if a sci-fi, I work on Phoenix Chess (a filler name until I get a better title), which I have yet to share with anyone.
Anyhow...*Gets out whip*...Get writing (Crack!)! Write stories (Crack!)! Have fun (Crack!)! ;)