Classes – the good and the bad.

Posted by on May 26, 2008 in General | 0 comments

So I have been taking classes at Gotham Writers Workshop online for the past few months.

I am working on my third class now.

I took the classes in hopes of learning more about the writing process and becoming a better writer.  So what do I think…

The Good:

I have learned a great deal about the writing process and how different writers approach it.

I have gotten several good story ideas from class assignments and turned one of them into a flash fiction piece I entered into a contest.

I have gotten to read and enjoy many other aspiring authors and made some great connections through the classes.

The Bad:

The classes take a lot of time – in fact they take up pretty much all my writing time. Leaving me no free hours to spend writing on the projects I am working on.

I took two entry level classes one was Fiction  Writing 1 the other was Science Fiction Writing 1.  I found that there was some over lap of information in these two classes.

Overall evaluation:

I am glad I took these classes.   I think that they have helped me think about the process of writing and hone some of my skills.  The Lectures have helpful tips I can use as I revise and polish.

I will not be sighing up for more classes though, I don’t have the time – or the money at this point to take more and quite honestly I need the time I have to focus on the stories I am developing right now.

More on that later.

As a P.S.

My web guy still owes me some work including making a few much needed changes to this site.  There are changes coming  including a chance to read more of my writing here online… I promise.

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