He wrote about her life experiences, things he observed and also things that interested him .Everything he has learned is from him teaching his self either by reading or watching others and gain a understanding. When Ben Franklin was around the age 16 years old, He summited 20 Letters to a newspaper in hopes that they would publish his work, And they did such that he created the first secret author type of things inside of a newspaper, and the people loved it. He went by the name of Silence Dogood, Silence Dogood calimed to be a middle aged widow who lost her husband couple years back, She would has a funny, and intelligent character that ben franklin acted like. His goofy humor led him to make this beloved character in the boston newspaper hundreds of people every week to see what Ms Silence Dogood had to say about the week, It brought joy and laughter to Bens fellow townsman and womens. People were shocked to find that Ben Franklin was the person they were reading daily to! Ben Franklin would later in life make his own unique almanac due to he new some many things and wanted to the public to know these things