Erik Hoel raised a really similar point in his substack - that the vast majority of literary fiction writers now study it, as opposed to no education or diverse

Erik Hoel raised a really similar point in his substack - that the vast majority of literary fiction writers now study it, as opposed to no education or diverse education. They have spent a lot of time in workshops and create writing classes, and are thus experts in "minimizing attack vectors" in their writing. This, of course, results in boring and uniform writing. https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/how-the-mfa-swallowed-literature https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/how-the-mfa-swallowed-litera...