I have come across some good books aimed at cultivating the writing habit <https://shop.826valencia.org/writing/books/> in young ones at 826 Valencia's The Pirate Store.
Thaths On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 9:42 PM Radhika, Y. <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo!
