http://authoressa.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/on-writing-workshops/ Writings of an offbeat chick learning the craft and working on getting published Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:31:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://authoressa.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/on-writing-workshops/#comment-43 Gabriel Gadfly Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:31:00 +0000 http://authoressa.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/on-writing-workshops/#comment-43 I'd love to go to a workshop with Neil Gaiman. I'd quite possibly giddy myself into extinction. I've never really had a problem with writing spontaneously. Sometimes I write best when someone sits me down and says, "You, write something, now." I guess it keeps me from overthinking my words. I’d love to go to a workshop with Neil Gaiman. I’d quite possibly giddy myself into extinction. I’ve never really had a problem with writing spontaneously. Sometimes I write best when someone sits me down and says, “You, write something, now.” I guess it keeps me from overthinking my words.

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]]> http://authoressa.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/on-writing-workshops/#comment-19 Cliff Burns Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:02:43 +0000 http://authoressa.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/on-writing-workshops/#comment-19 I've posted about the relative uselessness of writing classes--see "Writing 101--and, again, I have to wonder, why exactly are you going to spend money on a workshop that might be better devoted to, say, helping out a homeless person or saving a whale or two? Will the experience make you that much better a writer...or is it more the social networking and getting to hob-nob with authors who, if they had a lick of honesty, would tell you to go home and fer Chrissake WRITE and not waste money listening to their endlessly recited anecdotes? Be clear in your own mind because most of the people I know who go to these things come away disillusioned...and a whole lot poorer... I’ve posted about the relative uselessness of writing classes–see “Writing 101–and, again, I have to wonder, why exactly are you going to spend money on a workshop that might be better devoted to, say, helping out a homeless person or saving a whale or two? Will the experience make you that much better a writer…or is it more the social networking and getting to hob-nob with authors who, if they had a lick of honesty, would tell you to go home and fer Chrissake WRITE and not waste money listening to their endlessly recited anecdotes? Be clear in your own mind because most of the people I know who go to these things come away disillusioned…and a whole lot poorer…

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