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I went to college, though I didn't take many writing courses.

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

Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing.

I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy.

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.