DaveNash3 reviewed A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders
Review of 'A Swim in a Pond in the Rain' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
Great course
Deep dive into six complex short stories written by renowned Russian writers. There’s a couple, The Nose and The Master and Man, which I didn’t love but found useful for instructor. George has a wonderfully of peeling back the layers and getting to the structure and technical aspects of how the story works in an approachable and non pretentious manner.
This is an example his type of advice that I found encouraging:
“We can reduce all of writing to this: we read a line, have a reaction to it, trust (accept) that reaction, and do something in response, instantaneously, by intuition.”
Happy reading and writing!!!