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...inspired by some John Updike stories. One in particular inspired me to write about older people, “Playing with Dynamite.” For the most part before that I had written about younger people. I like George Saunders a lot—how he addresses the absurdity of suburban living—but I don’t think I write like him. I’ve also been inspired by Barry Hannah, Flannery O’Connor, Bobbie Ann Mason and many others. Basically everything I read influences the way I think about writing to some...
...from fear, from not feeling up to the challenge of getting into my character’s heads and emotions. So instead I’ll stare into space, dye my hair, eat something fatty and spicy. I can’t find enough big chunks of time to write these days, so I’ll keep notes and write stuff on my arms and transfer them to paper later. Or I’ll underline and draw little stars in my notebook next to the scenes or dialogues that I really should write soon. Drawing little stars makes...
SparkNotes was founded in 1999 by three Harvard graduates. Over 100 Harvard graduates now write for it, according to its website...
...SparkNotes e-mail advertised positions for students to write SAT II test questions, subject summaries and study guides for the company...
Personalized evaluations would allow Harvard to scrap its system of ranking students with grades. Each professor could write a couple paragraphs about each student, succinctly identifying the student’s academic strengths and weaknesses, in addition to explaining the material the student learned in the course. Comparison of the student to the rest of the students in the class would be forbidden. The upside to this system is that the evaluations would describe the student’s performance more precisely than grades, and all of this could be done in a non-competitive manner. The downside is that...