A writer's education in the next century

[...]because he was not by training or affinity a teacher, he looked at student work from a personal, rather than pedagogical perspective. [...]I suspect the poet, himself only a few years our senior, looked on us as competitors -- or at least potential rivals -- in a cutthroat world lusting after t...

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Published in:	Confrontation (Southampton, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1998-10, Vol.66-67, p.69
Main Author:	McIntosh, Sandy
Format:	Magazinearticle
Language:	eng
Subjects:	1900-1999 Apprenticeship Authorship College students Competition Creative writing Creativity English Literature letters Literary characters Literary criticism Performing Flea Plot (Narrative) Poetry Poets Students Teachers Twentieth Century Wodehouse, P. G Writers Writing
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Summary:	[...]because he was not by training or affinity a teacher, he looked at student work from a personal, rather than pedagogical perspective. [...]I suspect the poet, himself only a few years our senior, looked on us as competitors -- or at least potential rivals -- in a cutthroat world lusting after the crumbs of acclaim available to the successful poet. [...]his instruction was frequently confusing, and because he left it to us to unravel his meanings, we came away with a great deal less than we had hoped for. p.70 As adults, graduate students are usually able to take care of themselves. [...]writers who continue on to a lifetime of creative effort usually know from an early age that they are going to be writers no matter what. Because of this they build enough momentum to carry themselves through the traps that lie in wait for them, including those to be met in formal writing programs. The letters in Performing Flea were written over a period of fifty years to the British novelist, William Townend. Because these are letters sent from one writer to another, it is no surprise that they are concerned with practical matters of writing and publishing that are important to all writers.
ISSN:	0010-5716