tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post5435697786589121468..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Creative Writing- can it be taught? - Linda StrachanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-43466198125437938352014-05-05T09:52:30.658+01:002014-05-05T09:52:30.658+01:00By attending a creative writing course, one can’t ...By attending a creative writing course, one can’t become a great writer, but can improve and hone his already acquired skills.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339321973517036253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-74453018507524770342014-04-22T13:25:13.883+01:002014-04-22T13:25:13.883+01:00There is a huge and growing demand for creative wr...There is a huge and growing demand for creative writing courses, but there are universities out there that simply see it as a money-making enterprise.jennifer draperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05081121768173322449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-74891398843117263422014-04-18T22:05:18.886+01:002014-04-18T22:05:18.886+01:00All I meant was that I would hate to take lessons ...All I meant was that I would hate to take lessons from someone who hadn't actually sold anything.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-80347916917292159152014-04-18T14:16:21.946+01:002014-04-18T14:16:21.946+01:00Hi Cat
Yes, the view makes it tempting to dream ...Hi Cat<br />Yes, the view makes it tempting to dream away the hours but once started it just makes a wonderful backdrop!<br />I do think the writer needs to have a powerfulurge to tell a story but sometimes people have no idea how to start. <br />So glad the feedback was helpful. Honest non destructive feedback is so important for writers at any stage. It is one of the reasons that working with a great editor is such a positive experience. They are involved with your story and invested in it almost as much as you are, and that is an amazing experience.Linda Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354324158228109351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-26978332409605137592014-04-18T14:11:22.491+01:002014-04-18T14:11:22.491+01:00Yes it is a wonderful spot! I like 'Heaven on...Yes it is a wonderful spot! I like 'Heaven on a hill, Joan!<br /><br />Sue B. Yes not everyone needs to be taught, but for many it is a real help to hone their natural talent.<br />I am always amazed and a little perturbed when I hear about those setting themselves up as creative writing teachers who have little experience. The problem with one idea i.e. creating some kind of qualification to teach creative writing, is that it could, as has happened in other areas, become something that more people with little actual on the ground experience of writing and getting published, but who then have a piece of paper certifying them as qualified to teach it, may look to the potential students as better qualified than well-published writers? In some cases that may be so and not all published writers are natural teachers, but it could make the problem worse. <br />Also I can't see such a qualification appealing to most established writers if they had to 'prove', other than their publications that they are qualified to know what they are talking about! So a bit of a quandary, but really it is up to students to make their own decisions and to research the teachers before paying their money!Linda Strachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354324158228109351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60614043796761120532014-04-18T10:56:18.311+01:002014-04-18T10:56:18.311+01:00I would need to keep my back to the view!
I think...I would need to keep my back to the view! <br />I think there are some things you can teach but I wonder if there is also an essential creativity that has to come from inside the writer? Do we have to want to say something? <br />What I do know is that getting two pages of "feedback" - the first I had ever had - was more help than the person who gave them to me could have imagined.<br />Perhaps people need more of that - the idea that someone else cares enough to say something. catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-78912723638119031422014-04-18T10:22:41.673+01:002014-04-18T10:22:41.673+01:00Sounds like bliss to be there!Sounds like bliss to be there!Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-19058522797584171392014-04-18T09:34:03.321+01:002014-04-18T09:34:03.321+01:00I have never taken writing lessons. I'm not sa...I have never taken writing lessons. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but I haven't, just did the trial and error thing and somehow managed to sell plenty, if not as much as you ;-). You do well to wonder who is teaching creative writing - I have often wondered myself when some debut novelist with no actual publishing credentials has a blurb saying they teach writing. A friend of mine who did a full scale professional writing course many years ago actually found out she had sold more than her teachers!Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-17877262548244439042014-04-18T09:12:32.583+01:002014-04-18T09:12:32.583+01:00Moniack Mhor - heaven on a hill!Moniack Mhor - heaven on a hill!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86347912686884925032014-04-18T08:52:14.140+01:002014-04-18T08:52:14.140+01:00Sounds a lovely setting! I teach a weekly class, a...Sounds a lovely setting! I teach a weekly class, and my students amaze me with their imagination and enthusiasm. I always learn something from them - not always to do with writing!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com