Arvon 1

[lobelia321]

Soon I will post the extended version of my report on the Arvon creative writing workshop in Yorkshire.

For now, a brief summing up.

Wot i learned:

• Writing makes me happy.

• Writing is hard.

• Even when writing is very hard and is not making me happy at that particular moment, it makes me feel right. It's okay to struggle and find it tough, because writing is important and worth the struggle.

• Having a space with no internet access and a threadbare carpet and a wooden school desk (Schreibpult!) with a slanted lidded top and an attached wooden chair is conducive to devoting oneself to writing.

• Writing a novel is not the same as writing a short story.

• I love hanging round people who love writing. (I guess this one I knew already :-) )

Comments

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Even when writing is very hard and is not making me happy at that particular moment, it makes me feel right.

Oh yes - true, and yet difficult to keep hold of. And this reminds me of that Stephen Fry blog entry I was burbling about when you came to visit. I remember liking the idea that it's ok to find writing difficult.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

I loved the entry! I loved the Mann quote! And the beard.

Thank you, very fine!

[sheldrake.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked. :)

[rhiannonhero.livejournal.com]

Having a space with no internet access and a threadbare carpet and a wooden school desk (Schreibpult!) with a slanted lidded top and an attached wooden chair is conducive to devoting oneself to writing.

Seriously, right? I need to find a way to get a place like that a couple of weeks a year.

[lobelia321.livejournal.com]

The room was a wet dream. There was nothing in it. There was a single bed and a wooden chest of drawers with a mirror on top. On the wall, was a framed b&w photo of some writers (previous Arvon tutors), sitting artily and writerlily on a bed or a log. There was a window with a view of the hills and the sound of a stream and some sheep. And then there was the amazing writing desk!

[viva-gloria.livejournal.com]

am happy to hang around and talk writing!