Donald Murray dies at 82

I think that any professional writer (which you claim us all to be Doc, even though I do not think I am) can learn a tremendous amount about writing from Donald Murray. He was a great writer all of his life and did not let his age affect his writing. At age 82, he still felt he was writing the same as he did at age 17. Murray was a motivated writer who constantly challenged himself. Writing was his passion. He believed a blank piece of paper could be turned into somethink magical and full of surprises. One thing to learn from Murray is to follow your dreams and bhallenge yourself to do the best you can.