“In the workshop, the students critique each other’s writing and as the comments are bandied about, a “consensus” develops about what does and doesn’t “work” in a story. The writer then meshes the “popular” opinions of the group into his or her work, slowly removing the unpopular parts, until the work is readable and accessible to all. More often than not, this process destroys the writer’s initial vision, leaving behind a work that is void of passion and anything that is different, new, or creative. Many of world’s greatest novels would have never made it through the workshop process.”