'Noles aim for top in creative writing...

Article about the ambitious creative writing program at Florida State University, via Maud Newton. The 'Noles aim to be #1 when the NRC ratings come out in 2007, endeavoring to overtake the "granddaddy of them all," the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

I enjoyed the online writing of a short story done by faculty member Robert Olen Butler a few years ago. Did anyone else watch this over the Internet? It was fun listening to how he crafted a story, and then also watching his computer screen as he wrote and edited the story.