In 3rd grade my teacher gave out an assignment to imagine what the year 2000 would be, & I wrote a very sensible paragraph about faster computers and electric cars.

I was the only kid to get a bad grade, & a note saying, "Not creative enough!"

Which was posted on the wall...

Next to all the other kid& #39;s starred work, where they drew pictures of people being transported via floating bubble gum balloons, and having cloned dinosaurs for pets.

I just misunderstood the assignment. I know that.

But every time I& #39;ve tried to write fiction...

I see that frickken paper on the wall, with that red scrawl across the page, saying I& #39;m not creative enough.

And now I& #39;m writing a D&D campaign for my friends, and every time I sit down to write, I give an imaginary middle finger to that paper on the wall, and it feels good.