Friday, September 26, 2008

Prose says prose can't be taught

Francine Prose says writing can’t be taught, but the Washington Post still manages to find some lessons in an interview:
- You can write about what's really happened to you without being constrained by the facts.
- You don't need to know much when you begin.
- Forget plotting. It's all about the sentences.
- Don't even begin to think you can learn to write by taking an undergraduate writing workshop.
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