This past weekend, I revisited Francine Prose's craft book, Reading Like a Writer. She posed the question: Can Creative Writing Be Taught? You can ask 10 different people and probably get different answers. I always answer with that dreaded phrase: "It depends." When I first starting writing, I really didn't know anything about the craft and structure of writing. I just wanted to tell a story. So for me, going to writing classes and finding my writer mentor really helped me. I learned a … [Read more...]