3. Dealing With Critics

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Dr Cathy FitzGerald concludes her second series of lessons in creative writing made from archive recordings of great novelists, poets and playwrights talking about their craft. In the last of three episodes: Lesson Seven - Dealing with Critics If you're going to put your work out in the world, sooner or later someone's going to tell you what's wrong with it. In this lesson, we hear tips on dealing with critics from the author of The French Lieutenant's Woman, John Fowles, and poets Edith Sitwell, Philip Larkin and John Betjeman. Lesson Eight - What I Learned from James Baldwin Contemporary writer Caryl Phillips analyses a passage written by his friend and literary mentor, the American novelist James Baldwin. How does Jimmy handle back-story and perspective? Featuring rare archive recording of James Baldwin reading from his 1962 novel, Another Country. Lesson Nine - Block A lesson on that trickiest of ailments - writer's block. With tips from the author of Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov, and sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury, along with an extraordinary recording of Truman Capote reading from his novel Breakfast at Tiffany's. Presenter and Producer: Cathy FitzGerald A White Stiletto production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in June 2017.