hesperidia comments on How to Write Deep Characters - Less Wrong

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Comment author: hesperidia 23 June 2013 07:49:39PM 2 points [-]

I have heard that the decline in the compelling qualities of literary fiction is due to classes in writing taught by literature professors, who know how to identify things like themes but who have no idea how to write compelling writing. Does this seem like a plausible statement to you?

Comment author: Ronak 24 June 2013 05:27:55PM 2 points [-]

It sounds unlikely to be a cause - with a different reward system different teaching will be deemed right.