The Pen is Mightier…

Feb 04, 2010 22:39

I completed my creative writing course today, probably the last I'll have to take, and possibly the last I shall ever take at all.

It is no surprise that my work was regarded as exceptional, but I feel like I should pretend that I am surprised. Years of effort, and I still have not begun to master the easy grace and humility I regard so highly. ( Read more... )

creativity, writing, education

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notthebuddha February 5 2010, 08:34:37 UTC
So why, then, do I hate these kinds of classes?

cos it's 5 minutes of joy and validation crammed into two hours of durance boring. But like bad sex and bad gaming, we keep coming back for the 5 minutes.

congrats on completing the course, and on the prespect of being *done*

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zonemind February 5 2010, 09:00:51 UTC
"Durance boring" is a good phrase.

And you're right.

Of course, having identified the mechanisms at play here (head slappingly obvious only now that you've pointed them out) I can correct for them and find new approaches.

I'm still a long way from done with school, but most of what remains is actually in my major. WHICH IS NOT ENGLISH!

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