Course 391 · Lesson 07

Advanced Creative Writing: Character, Setting, and the Short Story

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Trust Your Inner Voice: Writing Simply and Directly

391.7 Lesson 07 of 08 2 quiz questions 1 assignment

There is a temptation, when learning to write, to look for complexity — to believe that sophisticated writing must sound complicated, that good sentences must be long, that a serious story must be difficult to read. Alter's prologue demolishes this idea. It is simple. It is direct. And it is, as a result, completely gripping.

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