Words to Write by

Basic Skills, Genre, and Fiction as Dream


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Onto Chapter 2 of John Gardner’s The Art of Fiction. 

We begin with Gardners’ opinions about grammar, and our opinions about those opinions, then we move on to his definition of genres and the great importance of “verisimilitude,” and, wrapping up the discussion, what Gardner thinks makes for a true artist writing great literature. For our exercise, 

Renee has described a landscape as seen by a bird, she did not mention the bird.

Remember, we have a Writers Process meetup every Wednesday. Check us out.

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