There’s a lot of talk on the internet right now about the writing workshop, so I thought I’d put in my two cents.

People are talking about what it means for someone else to tell you that your writing sucks (see here, here, and here).  Well, this never happens in any of my graduate writing workshops. Even the ones I was in during high school, a time when people are notoriously mean to each other, no one ever told me or anyone else “your writing sucks.”

I know, I know, I’m taking these bloggers too literally, but still, I feel compelled to respond to the sentiment behind these posts: Read more »