How I Learned to Write...Part 3

Roger Clemens: Writing Teacher -- "Freeze the hitter in the zone for the called third strike." "Own the plate." "Writing is pitching." "Take that mound to win."

My MFA instructors taught me immense amounts about things I had never considered before: pacing, story arcs, and how books are written. And sold. That was a lot more interesting than any English class I’d ever taken before. Sarah Hardman’s lesson plan was purely about why Jane Eyre’s life was such a misery. Lucy Grealy’s lesson plan was about how Junot …