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First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

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What Kind of Experiences Shaped the Future Writer?

I've found, talking to a lot of writers, that a like only children, or kids with some kind of sickness, or kids that somehow had to be separated from everything else, became more observant. But i deep tenderness that translated into writing. You know, in as much as i spent a lot of time on the playground,. i was not a gifted ah, i was not physically gifted. I couldn't run, i couldn't toge ball. It se so when the berra kids were playing, i was quickly a, you know, one of the kids to to leave the game quickly because i couldn't compete. So again, as i found myself sitting and observing

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