I tried a first one essay around the age of twenty. I had written about a hundred pages of a science fiction story, already marked by the influence of Dune of Frank Herbert. But I had neither the support nor the necessary perspective. My motivation was forged over time; I had something to say that words alone were not enough to express.

Then one day, for no particular reason, I opened a file Word and I pushed a idea, one sentence after another. It was strange how natural it seemed to me. We often talk about the running out of fuel in front of a blank sheet of paper; it might happen to me. We shouldn't presume about the future. But, for the moment, it's not my case. I must also admit that thewriting is undoubtedly one of the mind exercises the most difficult I know. And yet, at the time already, I had treated myself to a dictionary of synonyms that I still own.

To theprimary school, I was bad, very bad even, at thewriting : it was regularly a zero point for each dictation. Today, I thank tools like Word and, recently, theAI, which help me find words and turns of phrase.

I didn't dare to take the feather — or rather thecomputer — that a few years ago. And yet, my professional life was going to write reports and emails. So I started writing again in the form of news. And now that I am at the retirement, I'm really going for it. Come what may.