My dd began writing manically at four. She would sit at her little table in the kitchen and write anything, individual letters, copy anything on the table, but her favorite use of writing was to complain and irritate her sister. She would also write to lodge any grievances or complaints with us and school. In Kindy she wrote a letter to the principal complaining about a boy misbehaving on the bus. She really began writing creatively at 6. She spent two weeks writing her very first short story. It was hysterical!