TPA 64 Continued

I think the moment things turned around for me was when I was in my third year of college. I had to take another writers course for my degree and figured it wouldn't be much of an issue. I'd get that C and move on. I got an A. In fact, that year, I made the dean's list. What changed? I don't know what changed in me but I understood the assignment. We were reading this book about how processed meat is made. The teacher who was an amateur writer himself, had us learn something about the world we lived in while we learned how to write better. It wasn't a creative writing class but it helped me understand that I wasn't the idiot I thought I was. After getting that C in my last writing class, I thought writing wasn't for me. What I didn't know was that writers get bad reviews and they have to attack it. Go after it day after day. It isn't something that just pops into your lap if you really want it. I learned to take control of my future and while I couldn't change degrees, I could try to learn how to write while I was at school. It made me feel better about myself and I have that teacher to thank for that. I remember he was confused by my confession because he went out of his way to say this wasn't a creative writing class. But it still meant a lot to me to go a little easier on myself.