(1) Story-telling should speak first to the heart and only second to the intellect.
(2) It should, in Isaac Bashevis Singer’s words, “be both clear and profound,” and it should also entertain.
(3) Many fine writing programs have sprung up across the United States.
(4) The new writer should avoid creating pieces that are deliberately obscure and impossible to understand except by a small, elite group of other writers.
Sentence 3
The passage is about the nature of storytelling and has nothing to do with writing programs.