Hey - if any of you are in the Wilmington, NC, area -
I'm conducting a series of 6 writing workshops at Upstairs Hampstead. Starts this Saturday. Ppl can do all 6 for a discount or individual ones.
1. So, You Want to Write a Novel?
2. POV
3. Characters
4. Plotting
5. Dialogue
6. Show & Tell
@VictoriaLandis1 A bit of a commute from Merritt Island, Florida. Will you comp me for mileage? π
@VictoriaLandis1 I'll be curious to hear how it goes. Back in the day, so many workshops I attended were filled with people who said they wanted to be writers but weren't serious about it.
I think lots of people attend these things, thinking they'll write a novel. But then, they begin to get into it & realize just how much work it is - and delay or even freeze.
Lots of folks, including myself, didn't have the mental bandwidth to begin until their kids were older.
@VictoriaLandis1 I can't imagine trying to be a writer while also raising a family. I never had children because I felt they'd get in the way of what I wanted to do with my life.
Yeah, when I started, my youngest was 10. I met a few who were making serious efforts although they had little children - but almost every single one of those aspiring novelists were well-to-do & had maids and/or nannies.
@WordsmithFL @VictoriaLandis1 Slightly less daunting from Chapel Hill π
@WordsmithFL
Absolutely. π€£