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You need to bring in two guests
1. One of your best editor or publisher friends to tell them how things look from the other end of the barrel.
2. TERPGIRL (maybe among others)
posted by
majroj
on July 11, 2005 at 6:59 PM
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Katray, yes there is more to it than textbooks
posted by
Azur
on July 11, 2005 at 8:41 AM
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wow, have fun with the teaching!
I'd love to do that one day. :)
posted by
DancesWithWords
on July 10, 2005 at 11:36 PM
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Fascinating and informative post MayB
Much here to ponder, thanks for sharing and best of luck.
posted by
Katray2
on July 10, 2005 at 9:23 PM
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QuirkyAlone, thank you for the support.
posted by
Azur
on July 10, 2005 at 5:24 PM
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Ms N Dependence, I don't think we have to be extremely sensitive to write. Indeed sometimes I think writing is ill served by overactive sensitivity
posted by
Azur
on July 10, 2005 at 4:59 PM
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Sounds kind of oxymoronic
the only way to succeed as a writer is to have a thick skin (to be insensitive) - when sensitivity (thin skin) is what helps us create.
posted by
Transcendental_Child
on July 10, 2005 at 4:02 PM
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I think your teaching methods are sound...you are right...writer's must be able to accept critique when it is given properly...and if not, they should find a new career!
posted by
Julia.
on July 10, 2005 at 3:14 PM
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I understand.
That's a good approach on the part of the college. You don't want a teacher who is all theory and no practical experience.
posted by
word.smith
on July 10, 2005 at 3:11 PM
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Word.smith thanks. No it is not a condition that I become accredited. The colleges rarely find people who have strong industry experience and so I am welcomed -- accredited or not. In some subjects experience is more relevant and if one steps away into academia too long one loses the freshness that you can bring from real world experience. My course is only part-time. I want to learn to help me put together my own courses as I plan to run courses about writing and editing at college as well as commercially
posted by
Azur
on July 10, 2005 at 2:37 PM
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MayB,
Here's to your success in your course. Is it a condition of your package that you become accredited? On another note, we know just how thin-skinned artists can be when it come to their work. You've given them good advice. 
posted by
word.smith
on July 10, 2005 at 2:30 PM
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