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Young Chun

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in Champaign, IL, The United States

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Charles Bukowski, Kurt Vonnegut, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway ...more

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Young Chun was born in Champaign, Illinois, and raised in Chicago and Seattle. He traveled to Korea at the end of 2002 and was forcibly drafted into the Korean Army, starting his service in January 2004. He has a BA in Interdisciplinary Visual Art from the University of Washington and an MA in International Cooperation from Seoul National University. He currently resides in South Korea and teaches English at one of the nation’s largest public universities. The Accidental Citizen-Soldier, a memoir of his time in the Korean Army, is Young's first book, and he is currently working on his first novel. ...more

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Young Chun I don't have a good answer for writer's block. I tell my students to free-write, but what I usually do is go out for a smoke or play Sudoku. It may be…moreI don't have a good answer for writer's block. I tell my students to free-write, but what I usually do is go out for a smoke or play Sudoku. It may be a complete waste of time, but it stimulates my brain and gives me a small sense of accomplishment when I'm feeling down on myself for not being able to produce any writing.(less)

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Young Chun I think the best thing about being a writer is being able to communicate with readers. I'm not the most eloquent or charismatic person in public; in f…moreI think the best thing about being a writer is being able to communicate with readers. I'm not the most eloquent or charismatic person in public; in fact, I'm the exact opposite--withdrawn, quiet, anti-social. Writing gives me a way to communicate with other people. When someone tells me that something I wrote made them laugh or cry, I feel like I've made a connection I'm unable to make in everyday social situations.(less)

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	The Accidental Citizen-Soldier: The Story of an American in the Korean Army 4.13 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Student Error Correction Guidebook for EFL Teachers in Korea 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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This is more news unrelated to writing, but the more I get off my plate, the more time I have to write. My COVID stuck-at-home project for the last year has been making animations presenting different English language points for YouTube. It’s an attempt to salvage the failed project of translating the English textbook into Korean for students. I was planning on starting the YouTube channel in the

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