On the first day of my MFA in creative writing, I entered my first workshop and looked at my colleagues, the people who would critique my work and make me a better writer. Our tutor had us go around the table and introduce ourselves. Hello, I’m Sin é ad . My favorite book is Dracula , my favorite fiction author is Margaret Atwood and my favorite creative nonfiction writer is Bill Bryson. I write memoir and I've been blogging for ten years. I’m interested in writing a humorous literary travel memoir. Hello, I’m M---- and I don’t read. I don’t really write either. WHAT? What the hell are you doing here? This guy is never going to be any help to me. Cue eye-rolling, not-so-suppressed sighing and general outrage from me. I could not fathom what this man was doing in a postgraduate writing course and I took it as a personal affront that he did not have the dedication that I did.
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