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⌈ Secret Post #3116 ⌋

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Writing courses

[(Anonymous)]

Are they worth it?

Re: Writing courses

[(Anonymous)]

Depends.

Re: Writing courses

[(Anonymous)]

This. What do you want to get out of it?

Re: Writing courses

[herpymcderp]

If you have absolutely no idea how to write, yes.

If you are desperately looking for real concrit that you can't find anywhere else, yes.

If you are already immune to someone's pretentious habits and personal insistence that there is only one way to do something when it comes to writing, yes.

If the answer is no to one or more or the above, then I don't suggest them.

Re: Writing courses

[(Anonymous)]

I think they are for beginning writers, but they can become a crutch, and you don't want that. At the end of the day you need to find your voice, and sometimes that's hard when you're doing it for a grade.

I will say I always preferred workshops, too. That way I got all kinds of feedback, as opposed to just the instructor's.

Re: Writing courses

[dethtoll]

No.

Re: Writing courses

[(Anonymous)]

Depends on the course, the professor, the classmates, and what you want to get out of it.

I didn't love the college creative writing course I took. It kind of was that bad stereotype - pretentious professor with opinions, and peer review from people trying to be pretentious and not knowing anything about writing. Okay, chances are I was a little pretentious too, but nonetheless, the atmosphere didn't work.

But it DID force me to write, and some of the feedback was useful. It was fun presenting work, and being then forced to take a step back and think critically about your stuff, then tweak once or twice, and then finally have a few finished products that even now I'm pretty proud of.

So if nothing else, you'll be writing, you'll be talking about writing, you'll hopefully even get excited about writing. If you're lucky, you'll get some feedback, and maybe even develop some great new skills.

Re: Writing courses

[(Anonymous)]

Depends on what you want out of it and what you put into it

Re: Writing courses

[(Anonymous)]

Depends on who's offering/running the course, really. If it's relatively inexpensive and a reputable program and you've never taken any sort of formal writing course before, then by all means try it. I thought I was a pretty good writer before I took a few courses in college, but there was still plenty I had to learn about the mechanics of writing, and why some things might work and others don't.

It also forced me to practice. I didn't just have to come up with a story on my own, I also had to write to prompts. That sounds like a drag, but sometimes having boundaries forces you to be more creative with what you write, and you can surprise yourself. The workshopping experience was also very valuable, though you can get that by itself by finding yourself a good writing group. By looking at someone else's work and analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, I found I understood it in my own writing a lot better.

A few caveats: don't take just any ol' writing course offered by a random person. Not even if that random person is a writer themselves. Writing well and teaching others how to write well are two different skillsets and they don't always overlap. Secondly, don't take course and course after course. Sometimes they can be a safe wading pool for writers and it becomes TOO safe, because you don't leave it and strike out on your own. Thirdly, don't bankrupt yourself to do it. It can be difficult to duplicate the experience on your own, but if you have more time than money, this is what I'd advise. Finding a writing group with like-minded people, critique each others work and READ READ READ examples of writing you enjoy. Practice every day by writing, finish projects, and then write some more.