The other day, one of my students described this beautiful memory for me, about the heating coil to the hotplate her parents cooked on. She recalled the cool, smooth feel of the coil in her hand, how she nestled it into curled grooves when screwing it into the plate, how when it burned out, her mom would send her to buy a new one at the hardware store for a quarter. Continue reading “Writing Away Shame”
We’ve got a blackboard in the Gotham office, where anyone can write a quote or statement.
Sometimes it’s about writing, but doesn’t have to be. Recently one of our interns put this up:
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
-Stephen King
It’s Halloween, so let’s discuss fear. Continue reading “Writers Fright”
Well…maybe.
If you’ve taken a class like our Level I class before – where an instructor taught the basics like structure and character and description, using lectures and writing exercises and maybe some peer critique – then going right into Level II should be fine. We’ll want to have a chat to hear what that class was like, make sure it’s a match, but chances are you’d be good to go. Continue reading “Can I go right into Level II or do I have to start with Level I?”