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Creative Writing Class

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I'd only been there five minutes and already knew I wasn't as well educated or as well read as anyone else there. Didn't bother me, I was there to learn. The teacher herself is a published author, and has been teaching this class and others for fifteen years. Hopefully she can impart some of her knowledge to me, even more hopefully the knowledge will stick in my mind instead of just passing through, which is what usually happens.  You all know people who read books and can then tell you the story from beginning to end?  That's not me, can't do it.   I could give you a vague condensed version....then there are people who can discuss, dissect, offer different interpretations and all that other highbrow stuff.   Again, not me.   I read the book, enjoy the story, finish it, the end. Next book please. Which all leads (again) to the fact that I don't assimilate(?) knowledge easily.  I understand a lot of things purely on instinct.  If I'm asked...