We live in cynical times when so many silly people say there are no such things as unicorns or flying dragons. They even say there is no Santa Claus...

I’m sure that the right teacher, in a well-designed course, can be a great help to beginning writers who are trying to find their way, but I have no personal experience of that. I found my own way by doing two things. First, I read 150 books a year, sometimes more, (very little TV, later…