Where good writing comes from

[dampscribbler]

Good writing doesn't come from MFA programs. It doesn't come from interesting stories. Good writing comes from a profound love of the truth, and from the understanding that no matter how much you love truth, most people find it overwhelming, and therefore anything as clear and beautiful and delicious and powerful as truth must be wrapped up, packaged, surrounded with and delivered by a story that charms, delights, and distracts.