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“To be a real writer, you have to take some risks. You have to put your work out there. Throw it against the wall and see what sticks.” — Jeff Goins, You Are A Writer
When I was in college, I had a professor asked me if I graduated high school English class. My first paper came back to me with two different colors or pen marks on it because I had so many errors.
Not to say I hadn’t tried at it, I really did. I read it over and over, did the few things I knew to correct grammar, and had a friend read it through. In the end, he had me redo the paper because “it was so bad.”
That was 17 years ago.
Since that time, I have started several blogs, worked multiple jobs, graduated college, and published a book. Not bad for a guy who ‘might not have graduated high school English.’
This week, while I was thinking about this experience, I realized that over this time I have improved a great deal. Sure, there are plenty of editors who have seen my grammar mistakes in my articles (thank you for the private notes by the way), but overall, I…
