No Ignoramus (innocent of education) has ever produced great art

The primary subject of fiction is and has always been human emotion, values, and beliefs.

John Gardner, author and creative writing teacher and also professor of medieval literature, presentedThe Art of Fiction, a classic on the craft of writing fiction,in two parts:

1. Notes on Literary-Aesthetic Theory.

Albeit writing is a way of organizing experience and life, so it implies some logical operation, John Gardner, author of novels likeGrendel,considers that intuition plays a great role in writin...