
39: How to Rite Gooder
Classical Stuff You Should Know
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The Pro-Jimnismata: A Guide to Writing
The Pro-Jimnismata was a series of exercises that you would go through every year as you got your education. So it's like they have memberships that you can join at the beginning of every... like in January, they have like discounts. You start with a fable, and then you have to write like a praise of somebody, and then, you know, condemn someone or praise and act. And it talks about how to do these... each of these things. It gives specific prescriptions. Like if I'm going to quote someone, I have to tell you who they are,. I have to praise that person, he says. "There's no way around it,"
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