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I was an English major in college, took a ton of creative writing courses, and was a newspaper reporter for 10 years.

I didn't do a masters in creative writing until I was 26, which is quite old, and then I found myself in New York and I needed money, so I started working full time as an editor.

I was an A student and I liked creative writing.

I took a lot of writing courses.

Well, my background is journalism. I don't have any creative-writing experience except for one class I took as a sophomore in college.

I've taken every writing class I've had available. I took classes in high school, and I took English and writing classes in community college, but I dropped out of college. I also attended a local writing workshop two years ago.

I took an MA course in creative writing a couple of years back, and I was definitely in the bottom of the class.

My first semester, I got a D in creative writing.