MASTER CLASS WITH RICHARD FORD: WHAT MAKES A GOOD WRITER

March 23, 2018-Master Class
Join Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Ford for this Master Class where he presents thirteen items that make up good writing, all of which he deems important and valuable. New Orleans, Hotel Monteleone, Vieux Carré Room. (TWFest 2018)

[@JamesRBentley]

Richard Ford is a legend. Thanks for posting this.

[@jamessnell5354]

Since commencing novel writing last summer, I have listened to dozens of talks on how to do it. Richard Ford’s separates the art of writing from mere vocation. Choosing our character’s qualities and the plot arcs is just the beginning; then comes the hard choices between words.

[@estebanmejia3473]

What's the best talk about writing that you've found?

[@sdm12342002]

My favorite writer.

[@elainecolumb8725]

W vid

[@jimnewcombe7584]

"Poetry is the last vestige of our childhood; we must go at it irresponsibly." Any idea where Robert Lowell said or wrote this, if he in fact did? I wonder what he meant by the second half of the statement.