Andrew Exum
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Andrew Exum
@ExumAM
Raised in the woods so's I knew ev'ry tree. Tweeting in a personal capacity. RTs & links ≠ endorsements.

Was reminded of a funny @wesruckerTBA story from his early days on the UTC beat for the TFP. He had a story that he felt needed to go longer than the usual inch-count for features (20-inch stories were the norm, but Wes typically felt every word he wrote was a pearl, and needed more space LOL), so @JFTanner told him pretty sternly, "Fine, Wes, but we don't have space for some 70-inch novel." When the story came in - at a whopping 68 inches long (which would essentially eat up an entire page) - Wes called and deadpanned, "I kept it under 70, just like you said." Like most of you guys who follow along on #VolTwitter, I've read so many of the posts about Wes, and it's just sort of a surreal feeling. Again, please keep his family in prayer in the coming days.