Do You Need a College Education to Become a Writer?
― Like so many writers, I began writing from the moment I was able to hold a pencil in my hand. But was I talented enough to make a career out of writing? ∙ To find out, even though I was 36 at the time, I went back to college, signed up for the most difficult writing instructors I could find, and plopped myself into their classrooms. And I learned that no matter how much talent I thought I had going in, the knowledge I gained from taking those college courses helped me immeasurably to [...].



