The open book: what writers don’t tell writers about writing (part 4)

Caren Gussoff Sumption
7 min readJan 28, 2021
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Writing programs. MFAs*. Workshops. Classes. Paid mentoring. If you want to write, or already, hopefully do, there are a million ways to spend your time and money on instruction.

But should you do it?

A binary answer is…imprecise. I say: yes, but. I also say: no, and.

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Caren Gussoff Sumption

Writer, dabbler, bon vivant. Nerdy words for nerdy people.