I second Veena's advice. The same is true for beginners, young or not. Criticism can be entertained after observing oneself and one's own writing on a sustained basis for a while.
El mié., 16 oct. 2019 9:03 p. m., Veena Venugopal <[email protected]> escribió: > Hi > > Author Anita Nair runs a writing workshop. It's called Anita's Attic and it > has frequent sessions throughout the year. Zac O'YEah and Anjum Hassan have > also started theirs, its called The World Famous Semi Deluxe Writing > Programme, but theirs is less frequent. They have only had one programme so > far (maybe two). Both are in Bangalore. > My unsolicited advice though is to not put her in one since she is only 12. > Critique is the main technique used in these workshops and I feel at 12 you > are not old enough to differentiate critique from criticism. There is also > a lot of forced criticism in workshops and she wouldn't know which pieces > of advice to take and which to ignore. Also, the workshops tend to force > writers into accepted structures. This is wrong. If writing is a creative > process, then structure lends itself to creativity and forcing writers to > stay within some pre-conceived notions is asking them to abort that > creativity. Your daughter should just write whatever she wants to, in > whichever form she chooses, and should not be subject to an adult's version > of what is good writing. Not yet. > > V > > > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 8:54 AM Sree Sivanandan <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi > > > > My 12 year old daughter is very keen to attend workshops (Bangalore) that > > can fine tune her book writing skills. > > > > She turns 13, coming Jan and I would place her at 15 in terms of her > > reading interests. She is a voracious reader who can comfortably read 20 > > plus books a month. > > > > Please suggest options. > > > > Thanks > > Sree Sivanandan > > >
