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I sat inclass and stared at the paper An A! Underneath the grade, the professor had written, "Good passion" That was a first I had been struggling with this class all semester

I wasn't sure I liked Professor Norbert's concept of Creative Writing His suggested reading list had way too many dense books, ordy sentences, thick layers of abstraction, and ah school and college? These night-school classes were supposed to be light and easy-an opportunity to do so fun So why did I have to read such tedious books?

But I put up with the class because I wanted to be a writer And we've all heard the advice: if you want to be a good writer, you have to read So that's exactly what I did I spent h book after book, finishing another one every few days But I was the one who picked those books, not Professor Norbert

If I could have createdlist, I'd have chosen the sort of articles and books that I someday hoped to write: stories about rock and roll That was oal: to be a famous reporter who covered the music scene, followed bands, and interviewed azine, one of the most famous music journalists out there

Now some would think I was a hopeless dreaht But I knew that only one person could ned up for a literary ree would be a nice ticket-punch that would establish , too Along the way, I'd get to read evenToo bad Norbert's reading list was so tiresorade "Wo did you get an A out of Norbert? He's such a hard ass" She had a good point-the guy had been beatingstories based on his reading list Every tiured, the hell with it Since I can't get a good grade out of hi lyric" I pointed out the title on the first page of