Some Of The People You Will Meet At A Creative Writing Workshop

The really blokey guy you would expect to see roughing up some guy in front of a bar rather than in a creative writing workshop but you would expect to write crime fiction which he does. You want to tell him that no one writes about heavy smoking and drinking private eyes anymore but your to scared to in case he beats you up after class.

Slang Derived From Literary Classics

John’s hanging himself: Someone feeling guilty for sex acts they’ve participated in/ received/ performed
Heathcliffing: To still be dating/ courting a girl when the relationship or any possible relationship is clearly doomed