Did a friend forward this to you? When I was in my MFA program I worked as a teaching assistant, which meant I was responsible for showing undergraduates the fine art of writing fiction. Looking back, I wasn’t the best teacher. I had no idea what I was doing, for one thing, and I was overly concerned with whether or not the students liked me. There’s also the fact that teaching someone how to write a short story is not like teaching them how to, for example, solve an algebra problem or build a bookcase. Even if a story follows all the technical rules of grammar and punctuation, even if it perfectly mirrors
Are you experiencing a conflict or a catastrophe?
Are you experiencing a conflict or a…
Are you experiencing a conflict or a catastrophe?
Did a friend forward this to you? When I was in my MFA program I worked as a teaching assistant, which meant I was responsible for showing undergraduates the fine art of writing fiction. Looking back, I wasn’t the best teacher. I had no idea what I was doing, for one thing, and I was overly concerned with whether or not the students liked me. There’s also the fact that teaching someone how to write a short story is not like teaching them how to, for example, solve an algebra problem or build a bookcase. Even if a story follows all the technical rules of grammar and punctuation, even if it perfectly mirrors