My short story class is pretty wonderful, great and enthusiastic students producing some very strong stories. On our third week we moved into a higher gear, I’ve extended the class for two additional weeks so we can polish up our stories and feel good about them. Today, Jim Reid played the role of Vanna White and showed some artwork that helped illustrate a wonderful poem by Karen Bruce.

I talked about the importance of detail and plotting in a short story, we passed our work around and the class offers good and honest feedback, is always supportive and  helpful. This class is special, it has a dynamic chemistry. On the way out, one of the students said, “you know, I sometimes think that anybody can write.” Yes, I said, clapping her on the back, now you are getting it.