Then Damani said one of the most valuable things anyone has ever said to me. “Or, since you’re good at writing stories,” he said, waving the letter at me, “maybe you should take a creative writing class.” I considered asking him “What’s creative writing?” but I didn’t want to sound stupid, so I just said, “I’ll check it out.” I was so enamored with Mr. Damani Arnell Harris that the next semester I signed up for an introduction to creative writing class without really looking at the course description. The result was immediate. That class aligned all the planets scattered about my shattered
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