Appreciate those thoughtful inputs which has indeed pushed me to relook at the request in the first place.
I look forward to sitting with her along with your inputs once she is back from her school trip and see where it takes us. Thanks. Have a great weekend. Anyone from the group is likely to attend Anya Schriffrin's talk on the Future of News Media and the Role of Independent Media happening at the Bangalore International center on the 25th of October? Best Sree On Fri, 18 Oct 2019, 01:36 Thaths, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > cafine-tunene 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 >
