- Narrator: [narration as John 'John Boy' Walton, Jr. reading from his journal] For as long as I can remember I never wanted to be anything but a writer. Nor can I remember ever thinking of giving up writing, although, at times, the agonies of being rejected were painful and frustrating. I recall one Saturday morning when I had gone to pick up my usual batch of rejection slips. It was a day which was to mark the beginning of a new plateau in my career.