Have you ever been accused of something you didn't do? Source: Megan Judge/Pixabay

I knew I wanted to be a writer when I was 8 years old. So I told my Dad; he laughed and said, “Writing isn’t a job; it’s a hobby, but go ahead and write as much as you want to now because there won’t be any time for it when you’re an adult.” I was discouraged by his words, but I did continue writing, perhaps not as much as I might have had he offered encouraging words instead. Nevertheless, I kept writing and continued to get better at it.

Years later, when I was in eighth grade, I got a solid indication I might have what it takes to make it as a writer. It came as an F on an English paper. That’s right, the grade of F as in “Failure.” I was assigned a book report. I got the book, read it, wrote the repo

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