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The Polo Park “Romance Novel” Workshop with Clichéd Plots

A writing workshop in Polo Park promises to teach you how to write a bestselling romance novel. The instructor presents a formula: meet-cute, conflict, misunderstanding, dramatic reunion. The participants, mostly middle-aged women, eagerly plot stories involving rich CEOs and feisty provincial lasses. The prose produced is full of “sparkling orbs” (eyes) and “throbbing members” (hearts, presumably). The workshop is less about literary merit and more about wish-fulfillment and understanding a profi

SOURCE: Bohiney News.

By Lourdes Tiu

Lourdes Tiu is a celebrated satirist with over a decade of experience, has been featured in major publications like Mad Magazine and The Onion for her incisive wit and has served as a keynote speaker at the National Satire Writers Conference, establishing her as a trusted authority in political and social satire. Lourdes' educational journey began at the University of Chicago, where she majored in Political Science, providing her with a deep understanding of the political landscape that she so brilliantly critiques in her work. She further honed her craft by completing a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Columbia University, with a focus on satire and comedic writing, under the mentorship of some of the country’s most celebrated humorists.

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