Hard to ignore...

When an idea that popped into your head six years ago lingers around there and just keeps growing and growing, how can you ignore it?

Well this is what happened to me. At the age of 15 an idea for a novel popped into my head. At the time I didn't know what to make of it - I took out an old notebook and jotted down the few things I could and then put it aside.
I'd always written stories and had recently branched out into fanfiction, finally doing the unthinkable - showing other people how I wrote. For this time I ignored the idea and focused on writing fanfiction.

When I started my studies at school I hadn't thought about the idea for almost a year. When, on day, I was clearing out some old books and found a tatty old notebook - in which was the idea, along with names that had popped into my head. Reading it seemed to bring it all back and I found myself jotted down more and more notes. Eventually writing full character bios and even some scenes.