Going with the Flow

Been back from holidays a week now but that does not stop the serpent from pottering around and getting up to mischief
Last Thursday was one such day. It was a glorious crisp and crunchy day and got up early in order to be in far away Fremantle for the second week of a book binding course

It was a good morning and would have been most delighted to spend the day lurking around the old lunatic asylum after the class for several hours. There were books to read and emerald notebooks to squiggle in and coffees to be sipped but there was also a free workshop in the city at 2pm more than 30 minutes away on the train
Could easily just not bother turning up but would then remain eternally curious about missed opportunities and anyway there's another four weeks of this course to linger around the loony bin

The workshop was called "Free Flow" and was aimed at people who want to write their life story or about their family and as an afterthought - anyone who wants to write fiction in general

The presenter first asked the 20 or so folks who had turned up what sort of questions they had about writing and proceeded to write them up all on the board with the intention that most of them would be answered by the end of 90 minutes

He then asked if any of us had ever read a book where the characters were so real we did not want to say goodbye to them or the setting was so interesting that we would rather be there than in the real world. He proceeded to mention his ten and twelve year old kids who would rather spend their spare time at Hogwarts than doing their school work or other mundane muggle activities.
That is the sort of effect you want to have on your readers. Izzie commented that she was still waiting for her invitation.

He told us that he had learned five rules of writing as a student many moons ago in an adult education writing course and found them to be the most useful advice on writing he's ever had
The Izzie so had to giggle when he told us what they were

( Five rules of writing and other musings )

Going with the Flow

Been back from holidays a week now but that does not stop the serpent from pottering around and getting up to mischief
Last Thursday was one such day. It was a glorious crisp and crunchy day and got up early in order to be in far away Fremantle for the second week of a book binding course

It was a good morning and would have been most delighted to spend the day lurking around the old lunatic asylum after the class for several hours. There were books to read and emerald notebooks to squiggle in and coffees to be sipped but there was also a free workshop in the city at 2pm more than 30 minutes away on the train
Could easily just not bother turning up but would then remain eternally curious about missed opportunities and anyway there's another four weeks of this course to linger around the loony bin

The workshop was called "Free Flow" and was aimed at people who want to write their life story or about their family and as an afterthought - anyone who wants to write fiction in general

The presenter first asked the 20 or so folks who had turned up what sort of questions they had about writing and proceeded to write them up all on the board with the intention that most of them would be answered by the end of 90 minutes

He then asked if any of us had ever read a book where the characters were so real we did not want to say goodbye to them or the setting was so interesting that we would rather be there than in the real world. He proceeded to mention his ten and twelve year old kids who would rather spend their spare time at Hogwarts than doing their school work or other mundane muggle activities.
That is the sort of effect you want to have on your readers. Izzie commented that she was still waiting for her invitation.

He told us that he had learned five rules of writing as a student many moons ago in an adult education writing course and found them to be the most useful advice on writing he's ever had
The Izzie so had to giggle when he told us what they were

( Five rules of writing and other musings )