I love when you comment. It's like an easy an off its own.
One of the biggest lies out there is no one can teach you how to write. I took it to heart and it kept from seeking the right instruction for far too long. I received by Bachelors in Psychology from USC, and while I was there, I took every eyeing class I could, except for anything…
I love when you comment. It's like an easy an off its own.
One of the biggest lies out there is no one can teach you how to write. I took it to heart and it kept from seeking the right instruction for far too long. I received by Bachelors in Psychology from USC, and while I was there, I took every eyeing class I could, except for anything directly pertinent. I studied forms. Playwriting. Songwriting. Scriptwriting. (Asking with basic cinema, production, and animation.) But I was looking to be taught how to write because I didn't think that was possible.
I think some wiring processes are very hard to teach to and some people take a long time to learn... and many teachers can't teach at all. Add all that together, and prep or think you can't teach someone how to write.
Throw in that we don't all share the same objectives with our writing.
Throw in what you shared snot people guarding their reputation.
This happens in MFA programs too, traditinally, sometimes a student needs to be cut off at the knees, so a prof will tell the better student who is less of a braggart shitheel to go apeshit on their next crit of previously mentioned next Pynchon wannabe or whatever because honestly, sometimes people NEED to be taken down a peg. (I've been there, I wanted to be the next Bret Ellis. As reality sank in, time took me down as many pegs as needed until I admitted I knew nothing and started the real work. But first I had to realize I was NOT a beautiful and unique snowflake, and that I was NOT in the same sort of position Bret Ellis was when he wrote Less Than Zero.)
It's not even about guarding your reputation, Sarah Gerard gave me the ripping I deserved, undoubtedly, it's about how precious and special writers can be when they think they're "artistes" but don't know shit. I've come in on more than one workshop as hatchetman to give the crits the lead couldn't but wanted to.
I remember all the times I was cussed out by someone who came to my online critique group for a critique and got... a critique. People don't handle it well.
I love when you comment. It's like an easy an off its own.
One of the biggest lies out there is no one can teach you how to write. I took it to heart and it kept from seeking the right instruction for far too long. I received by Bachelors in Psychology from USC, and while I was there, I took every eyeing class I could, except for anything directly pertinent. I studied forms. Playwriting. Songwriting. Scriptwriting. (Asking with basic cinema, production, and animation.) But I was looking to be taught how to write because I didn't think that was possible.
I think some wiring processes are very hard to teach to and some people take a long time to learn... and many teachers can't teach at all. Add all that together, and prep or think you can't teach someone how to write.
Throw in that we don't all share the same objectives with our writing.
Throw in what you shared snot people guarding their reputation.
It's a mess.
I love these essay-length comments too, there are always a lot of gems in them to contemplate.
The shithead in me, however, is always tempted to reply to them with a single "okay"
I'm often a man of few words. That might be an you get from me. 😆
Okay
Brilliant, sir.
This happens in MFA programs too, traditinally, sometimes a student needs to be cut off at the knees, so a prof will tell the better student who is less of a braggart shitheel to go apeshit on their next crit of previously mentioned next Pynchon wannabe or whatever because honestly, sometimes people NEED to be taken down a peg. (I've been there, I wanted to be the next Bret Ellis. As reality sank in, time took me down as many pegs as needed until I admitted I knew nothing and started the real work. But first I had to realize I was NOT a beautiful and unique snowflake, and that I was NOT in the same sort of position Bret Ellis was when he wrote Less Than Zero.)
It's not even about guarding your reputation, Sarah Gerard gave me the ripping I deserved, undoubtedly, it's about how precious and special writers can be when they think they're "artistes" but don't know shit. I've come in on more than one workshop as hatchetman to give the crits the lead couldn't but wanted to.
I remember all the times I was cussed out by someone who came to my online critique group for a critique and got... a critique. People don't handle it well.