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online writing classes
Jan. 31st, 2007 06:02 pmHas anyone here ever done an online writing class, for example, at the Long Story Short School of Writing?? Was it useful? Was it fun? Did it kick your bum to write? Or is LJ all-round better for kickstarting the writing?
I note that the same site invites submissions to their ezine. I also note that the very first sentence of their guidelines for submission includes the warning: No obscene language AT ALL, excessive violence and absolutely no pornography! We understand that fiction has to be realistic, but we won't consider graphic material.
Ooh, tut tut. How can I write without pron? What is this fear of the penis? I have been spoiled, I tell you, spoiled by five years of fandom romp.
Also: only their third point encourages spellcheck and editing. In other words: Do send bad!fic, as long as it's not (shock, horror) "pornographic".
The world of origfic is weird.
On another, more heartening note: surely this author, a certain Anne Brooke, is a wild closet slasher in her spare time?? I mean, how could she not be? The novels she has written are a comedy set in a north London transvestite nightclub and a gay crime novel, A Dangerous Man, a dark psychological thriller focusing on Michael Jones, talented artist and part-time prostitute.
1111 I ask you! Michael Jones, my foot. That is an Orli AU, if ever I saw one. *cackles*
P.S. Can you tell I'm in a state about this whole career change thing?
I note that the same site invites submissions to their ezine. I also note that the very first sentence of their guidelines for submission includes the warning: No obscene language AT ALL, excessive violence and absolutely no pornography! We understand that fiction has to be realistic, but we won't consider graphic material.
Ooh, tut tut. How can I write without pron? What is this fear of the penis? I have been spoiled, I tell you, spoiled by five years of fandom romp.
Also: only their third point encourages spellcheck and editing. In other words: Do send bad!fic, as long as it's not (shock, horror) "pornographic".
The world of origfic is weird.
On another, more heartening note: surely this author, a certain Anne Brooke, is a wild closet slasher in her spare time?? I mean, how could she not be? The novels she has written are a comedy set in a north London transvestite nightclub and a gay crime novel, A Dangerous Man, a dark psychological thriller focusing on Michael Jones, talented artist and part-time prostitute.
1111 I ask you! Michael Jones, my foot. That is an Orli AU, if ever I saw one. *cackles*
P.S. Can you tell I'm in a state about this whole career change thing?
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