By Scott Morgan
Prompt: In what areas have you grown by attending this writing workshop?
I’ve learned that I like people a whole lot more than I had believed.
That it’s okay to sit in a room with strangers and become a not stranger.
I’ve made actual friends.
It’s getting to have your trust. The things some fellows have shared have really landed. And you took a shot and opened up and let it out, and it’s reminded me that people aren’t always to be wary of, to hide from.
My first five years in Rock Hill, I made a few friends who weren’t. The subsequent year and a half have been shaped by being in this room, with real people.
It helps me trust.
It’s helped me open up to others — and it’s been working out well.
This workshop gives me something to look forward to. A reset. I didn’t know how much I’d needed that.
It’s taught me about how quickly life can change in good ways.
And it reminds me how much I love and how much I miss the library where it all started.
I’m not the type to take others’ praise or admonishments to heart, but I feel utterly un-judged here.
Here, I’ve come to trust, because I’m not that radio guy to you. Most of you don’t even know my first name.
Certainly not my last name.
You just know a guy in the writing group.
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