The writing workshops and programs that are everywhere have encouraged writing. And if that produces more writing, it's also producing more readers of an elevated level. So all in all, a good thing.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is a whole industry in America of people who want to write, and those who teach it. Even if the students don't end up writing, what's good about them taking the courses is, they become great readers, learning to appreciate the writing.
My father told us all the time: to become a good writer takes writing. Because the more you do it, the better you get at it. It's like bull-riding. You can't do it once, you know. You've got to practice it and practice it.
The point always is to be writing something - it leads to more writing.
I do have the feeling that other writers can't help you with writing. I've gone to writers' conferences and writers' sessions and writers' clinics, and the more I see of them, the more I'm sure it's the wrong direction. It isn't the place where you learn to write.
Writing is one of the few activities where quantity will inevitably make quality. The more you write, the better you're going to get at it.
The best thing about writing programs is that it rationalized the apprenticeship of a writer.
Good writing is good writing, but that doesn't mean you can't orchestrate it or tweak it.
Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.
Writing only leads to more writing.
Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to do that is to read your writing out loud.
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