Comments on: The Single Best Piece of Advice I’ve Gotten as a Writer http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979 A blog for readers and writers, with stories of how and why authors write, how we break into print, and how you can, too. “A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.” -William Faulkner Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:22:41 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: me http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979#comment-1869 me Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:45:27 +0000 http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979#comment-1869 Those thanks should definitely go to Tim O'Brien! But glad to be the conduit for the advice, Maddie. :-) Those thanks should definitely go to Tim O’Brien! But glad to be the conduit for the advice, Maddie. :-)

]]> By: Maddie Dawson http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979#comment-1867 Maddie Dawson Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:59:59 +0000 http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979#comment-1867 Meg, thank you so much for sharing this! I went and read the whole article in The Atlantic, and it's breathtaking in its wisdom. I'm teaching writing workshops these days, including one on fiction--and I feel as though I'm always jumping up and down trying to get across the idea that it's not enough to make a story sound true, it also has to be interesting. And this tells it just right! Meg, thank you so much for sharing this! I went and read the whole article in The Atlantic, and it’s breathtaking in its wisdom. I’m teaching writing workshops these days, including one on fiction–and I feel as though I’m always jumping up and down trying to get across the idea that it’s not enough to make a story sound true, it also has to be interesting. And this tells it just right!

]]> By: teri http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979#comment-1364 teri Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:19:26 +0000 http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979#comment-1364 Such an interesting insight. Into my book of quotes it goes. Such an interesting insight. Into my book of quotes it goes.

]]> By: me http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979#comment-1361 me Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:42:54 +0000 http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979#comment-1361 I was going to be chicken because he can be pretty critical, but Mac convinced me not to be a coward. I learned so much in that short 2 weeks. I LOVE Tim's writing - as you say, he really is brilliant - and he was (much to my surprise and delight!) an absolutely lovely teacher as well. I was going to be chicken because he can be pretty critical, but Mac convinced me not to be a coward. I learned so much in that short 2 weeks. I LOVE Tim’s writing – as you say, he really is brilliant – and he was (much to my surprise and delight!) an absolutely lovely teacher as well.

]]> By: Judy Merrill Larsen http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979#comment-1360 Judy Merrill Larsen Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:32:49 +0000 http://megwaiteclayton.com/1stbooks/?p=979#comment-1360 Oh, Meg, I know that scene without even going upstairs for my copy of the book. And yes, it perfectly achieves what he said. I LOVE Tim O'Brien--and am so jealous you got to study with him. I find myself wandering back to The Things They Carried every few months just to read a page or two. It's brilliant. Oh, Meg, I know that scene without even going upstairs for my copy of the book. And yes, it perfectly achieves what he said.

I LOVE Tim O’Brien–and am so jealous you got to study with him. I find myself wandering back to The Things They Carried every few months just to read a page or two. It’s brilliant.

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