"The end of a number of summer fiction workshops highlights again the influence of academic ..."

"Engaging a reader is crucial for a good writer.  It is a complicated process with ..."

" There is no science to guide a writer to strengthening his or her imagination.  ..."

"If you write a great literary fictional story, and if you're not famous or infamous, ..."

"Many unsuccessful writers fall into the trap of first person point of view, the path ..."

" The backbone of writer failure may well be the inability to learn and/or the lack ..."

"There is a common belief that the best literary writing style is invisible to the ..."

"Great literary stories have a purpose for being written. They say something and they say ..."

"Meaning in fiction is often conceived as an element of writing that may or may ..."

"Literary fiction is critically dependent on the appropriate use of the imagination. Yet, much of ..."

" Story in fiction is special.  For the right story - one that is remembered and ..."

"These are tough times for literature. Fewer humans read for pleasure; publishers seek a true ..."

"  Dialogue seems difficult for many fiction writers.  To be effective in fiction, dialogue must serve more ..."

"Students are not experts in how to write literary fictional stories, yet student critiques are, ..."

"Thanks for cc'ing me on the issue of entry fees for writing contests. I'm ..."

"Although creative-writing fiction-workshops vary greatly, the general format is a student manuscript critiqued by fellow ..."

"Writers desperate for recognition need to face the reality of contests as an increasingly common ..."

" What has happened to the literary fictional story? Where can a reader find imagined stories ..."