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John Hoel
John H. Hoel took the usual writing classes in
college, choosing to study at night because of his enlistment in the
Air Force during the early 1970's. When one of his professors
told him he sh...view more John H. Hoel took the usual writing classes in
college, choosing to study at night because of his enlistment in the
Air Force during the early 1970's. When one of his professors
told him he should write for a living--he was flattered but admits he
had no clue as to what that might entail or even why he should.
The prospect of writing was never seriously considered. He was
young and full of other ideas.
One Sunday afternoon, about thirty years later, when
faced with the dilemma of a premature second retirement because of
illness, he remembered what this teacher had said to him when he handed
back Sergeant Hoel's term paper with an "A" written across the
top: "You should write."view less