Learning at Skidmore

I've heard it over and over from workshop leaders, in books and from authors-read what you write. Find books that settle inside you for their style and content. Read them. Copy paragraphs that grab at you. Write them out. Feel them. Taste them. Then take what you learn and go from there putting your own self into it. Let your mind flow. Use what you learn. See what you look at. Listen to what you hear. Taste what you eat and feel what you touch. Re-live it.