How to Write (Clarion West, 2009)

This week (July 27 - July 31, 2009) I've been teaching some emerging writers here in Seattle at the Clarion West workshop in Seattle. It's a full schedule, with all the group workshopping of stories, one-on-one conferences, and reading the stories to be workshopped the next day. Many thanks, by the way, to the organizers, Leslie Howle and Neile Graham.

It's been interesting for me to read so many different types of stories, and to hear the students' concerns and ideas. It reminds me of my orig