Want to become a better writer?

When George Plimpton asked Ernest Hemingway what the best training for an aspiring writer would be in a 1954 interview, Hem replied, "Let’s say that he should go out and hang himself because he finds that writing well is impossibly difficult. Then he should be cut down without mercy and forced by his own self to write as well as he can for the rest of his life. At least he will have the story of the hanging to commence with."
More : http://the99percent.com/tips/7082/25-Insights-on-Becoming-a-Better-Writer

Hemingway on the art of fiction

A must read for writers - from 1958.
http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2011/07/hemingway-on-the-art-of-fiction/

Authors reveal secret of their craft

From the Guardian How do you set about writing a novel? What inspires a poem? Pencil or computer? Pain or pleasure? Listen in to interviews with some of our most celebrated writers recorded for the British Library http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/mar/26/authors-secrets-writing

A painful glimpse into my writing process [in less than 60 seconds]

Dark and humorous, this extremely short film features a stream-of-conscious look at the writing process, told with animated images straight from the subconscious...
or somewhere.

"Every writer has felt buried under the shadows of the brilliant wordsmiths and ideas that have come before them. Using frenetic composite animation, this dark comedy captures the humiliating process of wracking your brain for something original to say."
- International Film Festival of Boston

From Chel White. Link here: http://vimeo.com/11840931

Should creative writing be taught?

An article from the New Yorker.

"Should creative writing be taught?"

Should it?