Notes from the introduction to wsff
- History of the course
- Brandon Sanderson said this was the most influential course he took for writing
- Focus on the nuts and bolts of writing
- Plot
- Setting
- Character
- Business
- Writing - learning to communicate and sharing the stories in your head is good for you.
- Be realistic, but this is not out of reach
- Can you really teach people how to write?
- Write a lot
- Write consistently
- Work hard at it
- 2 Camps of Writing Styles
- The best thing you can do to be a better writer
- Make good habits for writing consistently
- Writing Groups
- Works for some, but not others
- But when it works, it’s very useful
- Workshop tips
- Don’t make their story “yours”
- Help make the story a better version of itself
- The wrong advice might be more detrimental to a Discovery Writer
- Giving advice
- Try to be descriptive not proscriptive of your emotions
- Ok to say
- I was bored
- I was confused
- Tell them what worked!
- Ok to say
- Try to be descriptive not proscriptive of your emotions
- Receiving advice
- Stay silent
- Listen and try to understand
- Try to get where the comment is coming from
- Don’t defend
- Don’t explain
- Works for some, but not others