TnT: writing circles.

[azuire]

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I've just moved to a new place and there's a local writing group recruiting.

Now, I know they say writing is a solitary art and most of us have taken to the internet to share our work (case in point: this community), but I've never been part of a group that meets up every week or so to discuss writing, and I've rarely met another writer in person. I have to admit I'm curious.

What do you think of these writing circles? Any stories to share?

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[azuire]

It's very strange. I've heard a lot of horror stories about creative writing teachers who see genre fiction as inferior. I was lucky -- I had one who actually welcomed the stuff. But even then, I stay away from the official core classes. I prefer hobby-semi-serious people, like me.

[ex_pippin880]

Two of the three tutors were published science fiction authors. I had one of them (the nice one who was also a non-crap writer haha) twice, so it was mostly nice. One of the units was even split into two streams -- autobiographical and spec fic. :D

The third one though, she was just so infuriating because she'd spent all that time saying she luuuurved genre fiction, read soooo much of it, and welcomed and encouraged people to write genre... And then when given a genre piece went "I don't do genre so I can't comment on this". Because characterisation and flow and stuff are done COMPLETELY differently in fantasy, right?