Why did Carson mcCullers start writing?

Answer 1

McCullers always wanted to become a concert pianist, but decided (seemingly capriciously) that she would become a writer instead at the age of 15. By the age of 16 she had read extensively and was already writing plays. In a reflection entitled How I Began to Write, McCullers talks about her childhood and her first attempts at writing, a piece which is published in The Mortgaged Heart, an anthology of her selected writings. This reflection could be a valuable resource in understanding why McCullers turned to writing instead of music.