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“And three, the writer walks away from the workshop feeling inspired, encouraged, and motivated to continue writing.”
““I let students, in most circumstances, choose how they’re going to be workshopped,” she said.”
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“If the goal of this workshop was to improve the story in question, some discussion of the point of view was essential.”
“There’s a difference between harsh feedback and honest feedback.”
“If workshop is not a space where students learn to handle criticism, how can we expect them to thrive as professional writers?”
“* Nate Dern is a graduate of the Warren Wilson Program for Writers, where he received an MFA in Fiction.”
“An awkward silence followed his announcement.”
“Rebecca Makkai, who teaches at several graduate creative writing programs, is a proponent of this approach.”
“After all, out of everyone in workshop, the writer is often the least likely to know what their own story needs.”
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“Shanley Jane Kearney, an MFA candidate at Columbia, told me that she likes the cone of silence model.”
“Almost every professor I spoke with told me that the publication question ought not hang over workshop.”
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“This approach has three obvious benefits: One, the writer learns how to improve the story in question.”
““I think the writer’s job in workshop is to listen and to take notes,” Boswell said.”
“But when I was an MFA student, I wanted very much to know whether my stories were publishable, and what I needed to do to close the gap.”
“They’ll say: I just want to ask these five questions—and the five questions are not actually that helpful.”