He first tried his hand at creative writing in his third year of middle school. His first completed work, "Offerings to Matsu" -a tale set against the background of Taiwanese popular customs-was cited by the magazine Taiwan Literature as "an outstanding piece of writing."
中學校三年級，他開始試著創作，寫就以台灣民俗為背景的處女作〈媽祖祭〉，入選「台灣文學」雜誌徵文佳作，但未獲刊登。