From Bland Simpson

When Max Steele first hired me to teach Creative Writing at Carolina, it was to fill in for a semester during which Marianne Gingher had taken a leave.  I asked him if he had particular advice for me, and he thought sagely for a bit before saying:  "Yes -- use the textbook that Marianne's already ordered, because it's in at the bookstore."  I said that I would do that, then asked if he had more general advice about teaching these two courses (Introduction to Fiction Writing and Intermediate Fiction Writing).  Again he thought for a spell, then smiled and gave a backhanded wave and said:  "It'll come to you."

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