On the subject of writing classes, she shares Gessner's vision. In these workshops a primary goal is to forge a sense of productive community. His stories have been anthologized in The Best American Mystery Stories 1996 and in The Norton Introduction to Literature, sixth edition. He is currently at work on his second book, a novel tentatively titled Notes on Her Obituary. In an interview with Allen Snow, published in the Mississippi State University Connection, Watson described what is for a him a productive connection between teaching and writing.
Writing is such a private act.
But you can go into class and open up and talk to the students about your habits and encourage them to develop good writing habits, and you also can talk to them about attitudes. Not just about enduring all the years of rejection, but about developing healthy attitudes toward the work ethic of writing. . . . If they're talented, it's possible for them to get to where they want to be if they'll work at it. All rights reserved.