Comments | rhetoretician: @#$! proof that the Clarion method works

rhetoretician

@#$! proof that the Clarion method works

Aug 28, 2009 22:13

There are some people who think that the main advantage of Clarion is the networking. And, sure, it's neat to have seventeen new friends who are all great writers. But the theory is that doing 100+ critiques in six weeks (35,000+ words of crit, for me), plus listening to 80+ hours of 17 people doing 1,700+ three-minute crits of their own (not ( Read more... )

critique, drafts, clarion, original fiction, writing

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girlspell August 29 2009, 02:22:09 UTC

This has changed you as a writer...and for the better. I think this workshop has evolved you as a better writer. You had it in you. Clarion brought it out.

madderbrad August 29 2009, 03:40:31 UTC

You're not going to crack under the ongoing pressure, are you? ;-)

Seriously, the Clarion workshop seemed quite arduous, and now to hear that it's *continuing* ... yoiks.

The HP fanboy in me has to ask ... do you think you'll ever push out any more fanfic? I mean, if the Clarion folk are adding to the demand for fresh original work ... :-(

moonette1 August 29 2009, 07:48:07 UTC

Excellent!

amamama August 29 2009, 08:42:00 UTC

This can only be a good thing, when you get past the embarrassment of discovering what you thought was good now is considered crap. Evolution is not a bad thing. I hope we'll get the chance to read your new stuff...

I don't have a raven to offer comments, but perhaps a beady-eyed seagull will do? *g*