The document describes the life journey of Paula Howard and how her passion for storytelling evolved over time. As a child, Paula enjoyed making up stories and featuring her favorite characters. After working in retail for 20 years, she felt unfulfilled and tried new creative experiences like joining a writing critique group. This helped her stories escape from being locked away and demand to be told. Paula now aims to combine her passions into dynamic videogame storytelling, seeing success as having fun for a living through her work.