This is my Insecure Writers Support Group post for September 2024. Alex's awesome co-hosts this month are: Beth Camp, Jean Davis, Yvonne Ventresca, & PJ Colando! Please stop by their blogs and say thank you . 💻💻💻💻💻 I originally planned to post links to some of my past blog posts on the craft for IWSG, but after reading this month's question, I decided to do both. September's question: Since it's back to school time, let's talk English class. What's a writing rule you learned in school that messed you up as a writer? Hm... 'Sentence fragments are not acceptable.' Other than that and generally writing in a more formal, flowery way, English class didn't hurt my writing. It gave me skills that have allowed me to write professionally and freelance as an editor. The way English class - and school in general - harmed me most was forcing me to read boring stuff for assignments. It turned me off to reading for decades. I didn't bec