On Workshops

Yes, you should read John Scalzi’s naked power-grab with fear and trepidation, but if nothing else, for the ultimate comment on writing workshops:

Certain events of the past few days have convinced me that most of writerdom has trouble finding its own ass without a claque of workshop buddies to comment on the journey (“I like the way you used your hands to search, but did you really need to use the flashlight?”).