“When I taught at the University of Houston in the Creative Writing program we required the poets to take workshops in fiction writing and we required the fiction writers to take workshops in poetry. And the reason for that is because the fiction writers seemed to need to learn how to pay greater attention to language itself, to the way that language works.” WayNeedsWritingReasonLanguagePayAttentionFictionCreativeGreaterTaughtPoetProgramUniversityCreative WritingWorkshopsFiction WritingFiction WritersHouston Author:Edward Hirsch
“That is many poets don't know how to tell a story and they don't have a sense of how to put things in order to tell a story and we thought the poets could learn from fiction writers something about developing a character over time who wasn't just you and also creating a narrative structure.” KnowsCharacterStoriesOrderFictionKnow HowPoetCreatingStructureDevelopingNarrativeFiction WritersNarrative Structure Author:Edward Hirsch
“I think it's true that that's something that poetry can go to school on fiction. I think poetry can go to fiction to learn.” ThinkingSchoolFiction Author:Edward Hirsch
“I think the deepest thing is that many fiction writers tell stories but are not elegant writers. But, we're not writing journalism when we're making literature.” ThinkingWritingStoriesLiteratureFictionJournalismElegantFiction Writers Author:Edward Hirsch
“We're trying to make something that lasts in language and there's no question that many fiction writers began as poets and it's hard for me to think of any good fiction writers who don't also read poetry.” ThinkingTryingHardLastsLanguageFictionPoetFiction Writers Author:Edward Hirsch
“Fiction writers learn about the development of metaphor, the use of rhythm, the way that language is compacted in order to express the feelings of - express their own feelings and the feelings of their characters.” WayCharacterUseFeelingsOrderLanguageFictionDevelopmentMetaphorRhythmFiction Writers Author:Edward Hirsch
“I think fiction goes to poetry for the intensity of its use of language.” ThinkingUseLanguageFictionIntensityUse Of Language Author:Edward Hirsch
