Question
In the first paragraph, the author supports her claim that writers should “go to writers’ workshops” (sentence 1) by assessing whether workshops can improve writers’ ability to judge their own works assessing whether workshops can improve writers’ ability to judge their own works noting that workshops provide opportunities to write for diverse media, including television noting that workshops provide opportunities to write for diverse media, including television explaining how workshops can help writers learn unpleasant but valuable lessons explaining how workshops can help writers learn unpleasant but valuable lessons highlighting the value of workshops for writers at different stages in their careers highlighting the value of workshops for writers at different stages in their careers dispelling the misperception that workshops may stifle writers’ creativity
Answer
The author supports writers attending writers' workshops by outlining the various benefits they can provide, including improving the ability to judge one's own work, opportunities to write for diverse media, learning unpleasant but valuable lessons, helping at different stages in one's career, and dispelling the belief that workshops stifle creativity.
- What are the reasons listed by the author to support writers' attending workshops? A: The reasons the author lists to support writers attending workshops are: assessing whether workshops can improve writers’ ability to judge their own works, noting that workshops provide opportunities to write for diverse media, including television, explaining how workshops can help writers learn unpleasant but valuable lessons, highlighting the value of workshops for writers at different stages in their careers, and dispelling the misperception that workshops may stifle writers’ creativity.