Comments on: Can you learn to write creatively? http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/13/can-you-learn-to-write-creatively/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:14:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: brandon http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/13/can-you-learn-to-write-creatively/#comment-3648 brandon Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:08:02 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/13/can-you-learn-to-write-creatively/#comment-3648 I have hundreds of ideas , jbut im a bad writer. can you email if you can help. I have hundreds of ideas , jbut im a bad writer.
can you email if you can help.

]]> By: Sarah Prineas http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/13/can-you-learn-to-write-creatively/#comment-67 Sarah Prineas Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:49:18 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2007/08/13/can-you-learn-to-write-creatively/#comment-67 I took a creative writing class a looooong time ago in college and what I got out of it was confidence. The teacher, who I respected a lot, took me aside at the end of the semester and told me that I was a good writer and that I was particularly good at creating believable characters. Then I stopped writing for almost 15 years, but that bit of encouragement helped a lot when I picked it up again. Also, I've taught creative writing to college students and have found it to be a much bigger challenge than teaching a lit seminar. I take the same approach you do--these are tools you can add to your writerly toolbox. But measuring improvement is so hard over just one semester. It can be frustrating. I took a creative writing class a looooong time ago in college and what I got out of it was confidence. The teacher, who I respected a lot, took me aside at the end of the semester and told me that I was a good writer and that I was particularly good at creating believable characters. Then I stopped writing for almost 15 years, but that bit of encouragement helped a lot when I picked it up again.

Also, I’ve taught creative writing to college students and have found it to be a much bigger challenge than teaching a lit seminar. I take the same approach you do–these are tools you can add to your writerly toolbox. But measuring improvement is so hard over just one semester. It can be frustrating.

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