Article June 27, 1994 ISSUE

Have you been to paradise?

Judith Grace Schmidt

After becoming a single parent as the result of divorce, I began reaching out to find ways of building a new and successful life. When a course in creative writing was offered in my community, I decided to enroll. One of our homework assignments was to "describe paradise, in prose or poetry."

One evening I settled down to write on this topic. It was difficult even to begin. Page one remained starkly blank. The instructor had told us to listen, then write and be surprised.

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