Ryan F. from Wilson, NC

I have been a professional wordsmith for nearly 10 years… and it almost didn’t happen.In high school, I never put much effort into studying English, until I had a very influential teacher, in 11th grade, who challenged me.I had always been an avid reader, and enjoyed writing poems and short stories as a hobby, but never cared to actually learn to rules of proper grammar and punctuation. This teacher, Ms. Pulliam, coaxed me, almost against my will, into learning the rules … all the be