Thus The Guardian today in an article advertising one of its masterclasses. “How to write stories to fascinate and entertain the toughest audience in literature,” elaborates the newspaper. The masterclass will take a good chunk of the day at the end of the month and it will cost only two-hundred and twenty pounds sterling. Two women with considerable experience in the field will deliver it, and the topics covered will include instructions on how to write a perfect plot and how to write dialogue that makes the story flow. Wow! Lucky children! The way this world is going, though, masterclasses of this sort will come ever more strongly recommended to everyone interested in writing. Unwilling or unable to read anything longer than a story for children, the adult audience will get tougher and tougher, too. The only way to fascinate and entertain them will be to go to masterclasses like the one offered by The Guardian. Come to think of it, colorful illustrations will become ever more important, as well. Just reading will no longer do, which will require close collaboration between writers and illustrators. What a marvelous prospect!