In his first-year writing course, Sung completely ignored the assigned topics, and instead wrote whatever he felt like writing. His teacher, Chen Man-ming, knew and appreciated talent when he saw it and let Sung do as he pleased.
大一上作文課時，宋澤萊從來不管老師訂什麼題目，總是隨自己所想而寫，識才惜才的陳滿銘老師也任由他去。