tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438130827587164228.post4559845260192544375..comments2023-07-20T10:21:22.451-04:00Comments on Twenty-First Century Blues: Books for Writers: "A Master Class in Fiction Writing"rwwgreenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256634291144393792noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7438130827587164228.post-24520690121818115862011-03-13T20:09:09.492-04:002011-03-13T20:09:09.492-04:00Word. I kind of cite this as the reason why I coul...Word. I kind of cite this as the reason why I couldn't point out what a predicate was in early to mid high school, but could write better than most in the class. It's some sort of absorption/mimicry thing, a lot like speaking.<br /><br />You can learn everything you need to know from Prose's book in the first 50 pages. It's hardly worth the other 200 that read more like a dripping love letter than a book about writing. She also used translated works, which was kind of inappropriate.Dan Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16766834785824231149noreply@blogger.com