I've heard The Chrysalids is very good - it's by the same guy who wrote Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Road is definitely right up there - an especially good achievement when you consider that it's quite 'limited' in plot (just two unnamed...
Thanks @art for posting that link. Like many others I'm too intimidated (and short on reading time) to tackle Infinite Jest - so hopefully these...
I'm a sucker for these buggers :) some of the ones i've read recently include: The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood) - read online here In the...
I think perhaps it's the term 'eduction' which is causing the stigma. For example: Ex-athletes are still professional athletes, which means...
I do sometimes think it's a little odd that there's such a stigma against structured teaching for writing - from within the writing community....
@Alesia - that's exactly it! Just from that first line I want to know (at the very least) what was the job she shouldn't have taken.
Just to add to the discussion that I completed an MA in Creative Writing (at Brunel) this year. It was a hard year, but I believe my writing has...
It's like anything: there's no substitution for hard work. Courses will help - but not if you do a course then don't pick up your pen again...
As close to the ending as possible :) Maybe try and think about the flashpoint of the story, the moment when the conflict begins - and don't...
Have you read Flowers for Algernon? The basic plot is that a retarded man, through the drugs given to him, becomes super intelligent. The...
@Steerpike this is C.P's most famous short story - be warned, people have been known to faint during public readings (which is perhaps a bit much,...
If you like William Trevor, then I'd put good money on you liking Munro!
A little bit of both. I find her style a little too slow - I like faster-paced fiction (eg George Saunders, Chuck Palahniuk). And rather than...
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