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When did Sue Townsend transition to a writing career?
Her new partner encouraged her to join a writers' group at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester, in 1978.
Was this a good experience?
Initially too shy to speak, she did not write anything for six weeks, but was then given a fortnight to write a play.
Did she write a play during this time?
This became the thirty-minute drama Womberang (1979).
Was this one of her most popular writings?
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Question: When did she start writing full-time?
Self-contained rewrite: When did Sue Townsend start writing full-time?