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Shelby Foote

I began the way nearly everybody I ever heard of - I began writing poetry. And I find that to be quite usual with writers, their trying their hand at poetry.

Shelby Foote

Poetry

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Shelby Foote is saying that most writers start their creative work by writing poetry. He observes that this is a common experience among writers when they first begin expressing themselves through words.

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