jim,
i grant you that the writing factories are in full swing and much of the product is 'accomplished'. that's just the problem: it's 'accomplished'.
kim
Jim Rovira wrote:You'd be surprised at what MFA programs have put out...the Iowa Writer's
Workship by itself has a pretty long list of accomplished writers that have
come through their program...
that being said, I don't think anyone can "teach" anyone how to be a great
fiction writer.
But there's no substitute for intelligent readers....
Jim
Kim Johnson wrote:
> interesting to note that salinger did not include wordsworth in his list
> of writers he loves. in fact, in 'seymour: an introduction', buddy lumps
> wordsworth with browning as miss overman's old swains.
>
> re: iq and genius--thanks, cecilia, for your extended email on this
> subject. i was just throwing out the number cause it stuck in my mind,
> and that salinger, on that test, didn't score off the board a la seymour
> or zooey or teddy. i would say that salinger is a genius of a writer,
> without a doubt. and, most importantly, that he had the genius to
> protect and nuture his gift from an early age. it's quite apparent he
> wasn't going to be helped by staying in the educational system. (just the
> opposite.) it seems he only needed one writing course from whit burnett,
> and that was it. (i don't think today's mfa degrees are producing too
> many salingers.)
>
> kim
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