A.
Her father taught his students how to write: for instance, to write a little every day, to read great books, and not to be afraid of making mistakes.
B.
Writing gave her father a reason to explore things and motivated him to look at life closely.
C.
In high school, she discovered that her classmates really liked stories about things that had happened when they were there.
D.
Because she had a different way of thinking about things, she started to believe that she could be a writer.
E.
Her father had made the choice to work at home and be a writer.
F.
Because she was nervous and shy, she learned to be funny and started writing.
G.
Her father wrote about major events and small episodes from daily life in a way that expressed the atmosphere or feeling of the place and time.