I am giving a craft talk next week & I know appallingly little about how writers do things (least of all myself). What should I talk about?
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For a friendly introduction to rhetorical devices, Mark Forsyth is a useful guide: http://bit.ly/2OM922E For a sense of the scope and use of the poetical repertoire of English, start with Dr Seuss, and move on to A E Housman: http://bit.ly/2CMxriW
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And when it comes to stealing plots, one should point explicitly to simple, concrete examples. Aesop's fable of the half-starved fox eventually engendered FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON, THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE, and the Pardoner's Tale (among others.) Great stories get recycled.
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