The Writer's Workout

I always thought I was a good writer. After all, I’ve been told that countless times in my life. As a kid, I often expressed myself with words, whether it was a play I wrote and forced my siblings to perform in our basement or a family newsletter I created, called The Bobbsey Bulletin, named for the famed Bobbsey Twins book series. (Yeah, go ahead and look it up. I'm that old!) In 7th grade, a favorite English teacher bragged about a book report I wrote and then read it aloud