IsabellaLinton wrote:
I got up the nerve to consider registering in a creative writing class until I read the blurb which emphasises "class feedback" and "in-depth writers' group discussion". KILL ME NOW. Why can't they just teach or inspire me, then leave me alone to write?
I hate this. I wouldn't mind but most people who do these classes are bad writers and I don't get the point of feedback off people whose work I don't respect, especially since it seems to not follow the sandwich model (praise, criticism, praise) but be either overly critical and unkind or overly empty and 'nice'.
However, I've taken these classes, explained I have social anxiety and autism (without explaining the rest lol) and asked if I could do this sort of thing one on one with the tutor.
She allowed me to. I took two of her courses this way and it was really valuable to get the feedback.
Feedback in general is important if you're a writer, it's just about how you get it.
I'm unhappy cos my opposite neighbours decided to get building work done and I suspect this noise will be going on all day.
Thanks. My sentiments exactly. If I take a writing class I've decided it should be online, for those reasons.
I've considered going back to Uni for another degree and it would involve a significant number of anonymous lecture classes rather than seminars. I wouldn't be up for seminars any more.