OFI 1733: Going All In On Plants And Fiction | FFA Episode | Sydni Wilson | Laclede County High School FFA

Sydni Wilson has just finished her junior year of high school and has already become a freelance, agricultural writer. She has a house full of house plants, and she raises meat chickens and does all the of butchering herself, with the help of her father. Talking with Sydni in today's interview there was a recurring theme - when she finds and interest, she goes "all in".

A fascinating part of this interview with Sydni was her love of writing. She has started many fiction, writing projects and written the first chapter of a novel. Then she puts it away and revisits it weeks to months later. In most of the cases she realizes that, that initial idea was not the one that is going to drive her to write a whole novel. It is a process, and it is an interesting way to determine which idea will give you enough motivation to carry it all the way through to a completed book.

Sydni's hobby of writing led her to an opportunity to become a freelance writer for an agricultural newspaper, while still in high school. Today she is using those writing skills to deliver agricultural information to people who need it. Sydni is very happy with the discovery of a practical application for her love of writing. She has done the same with plants, and says that her love of plants and horticulture may have actually eclipsed her love of writing!