Here's a tip. - by aguywhoplaysthief
Kolya on 23/7/2009 at 22:33
Quote Posted by Jokerman
Don't whiz on the electric fence
You eeediot! :D
Dresden on 23/7/2009 at 23:34
Quote Posted by Ulukai
Never trust a man who stands with his hands clasped in front of him.
Never trust a man who sits with his hands clasped in his lap and legs crossed in such a way that it can only mean his testicles have retreated back inside his body.
...what?
gunsmoke on 24/7/2009 at 00:20
Quote Posted by Stitch
Why not?
dethtoll could tell ya' better than I... :0
june gloom on 24/7/2009 at 00:46
Fringe said it better than I could have. I've had some good creative writing teachers- my favourite was this Gen X ex-punk rocker who actively nurtured some of my writing habits that Brock Clarke would later piss all over.
I've got a grudge against Clarke both for his pretentious bullshit as well as the fact that he's a terrible writer and yet he thinks he can tell me I'm doing it wrong.
Aja on 24/7/2009 at 00:50
I can't believe he told you that pop culture has no place in creative writing!
june gloom on 24/7/2009 at 00:52
I didn't even use that much pop culture! He just didn't like my writing style but needed to make up a reason for it.
Scots Taffer on 24/7/2009 at 00:52
You can't teach creative writing. That's probably the first problem.
Queue on 24/7/2009 at 00:54
Most pop cultural reference don't have a place in any good writing. They become dated quickly and eventually obscure, thus losing the power of the reference to later readers.
Aja on 24/7/2009 at 00:54
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
You can't teach creative writing. That's probably the first problem.
Not true—I took a year-long course in creative non-fiction last year and it did more to improve my writing than just about all of my other English courses.
Queue on 24/7/2009 at 00:59
Quote Posted by Aja
Not true—I took a year-long course in creative non-fiction last year and it did more to improve my writing than just about all of my other English courses.
Creative writing classes are great for honing skills, but, I agree with Scots, one can't teach
creative writing. Or I should say that one can't be taught to be a writer--which happens so often under the guise of "creative writing."
