Maggie's Farm

Ahhh--I have an interesting example for you. Great western states journalist wrote a good novel. A story about the real west, then he wrote another and that was a great read also, and then a third. THEN he enrolled in a doctoral program in literature at a university run by fem/nazis. The next ten years he wrote several books, each becoming more stilted in style, loosing the simple voice and ability to convey the details. It was painful to watch locally. He would do book signings and talks at local bookstores, each time more and more people were asking "where's your voice?" Finally, after some heavy handed fem/nazi wrangalling he got out of the "writing school", and took his ph.d from the history department. Interesting turn of events his most recent books are showing a return of true, simple, and beautiful storytelling style grounded in his original training as journalist. This author's body of work clearly demonstrates what a "writing school" can do to talent. It was also a visible demonstration of what happens to white bread American males when they try to subjugate themselves to newly arrived fem/nazis!