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Workshopping Goodness
Apr. 12th, 2007 09:57 amI was just looking over my notes from my writer's workshop on Monday. Overall, I'm pretty please with the feedback. I knew that my ending was rushed, but what I wasn't expecting was for comments about how overly-sweet it was. I was a little letdown by that comment, but then I was talking to M (a girl in the workshop who has scores of writing talent oozing out of her ears) and she said to consider the source, since the people making those comments are the ones who specialize in depressing literary fiction. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's going to be a given that some people are going to have different tastes, though we're technically not supposed to let that get in the way of our critiques (but it does anyway).
One thing that made me go nuts was that C, a guy who's into screenwriting, compared the creatures I made up for my story to something Hayao Miyazaki would come up with! *Chibi!Me in a manga-speech-bubble waving my arms, going crazy-happy!* He said that it was cool that it was a seemingly normal place, but with these fantastical creatures around (sort of like in Kiki's Delivery Service where she lives in a completely normal city, but she's a witch and people just accept it. Same sort of idea in My Neighbor Totoro). That comment really made my day. Anything Miyazaki is totally made of win!
Anyway, that's about it. My mom and sisters are coming up this weekend for Family Day at church (whee!) and they might stay until Monday (whee! again!) I can't wait! (but I have to pack some stuff up to send back with them. Moving is such a pain. Good thing my one class tomorrow is canceled!)
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
One thing that made me go nuts was that C, a guy who's into screenwriting, compared the creatures I made up for my story to something Hayao Miyazaki would come up with! *Chibi!Me in a manga-speech-bubble waving my arms, going crazy-happy!* He said that it was cool that it was a seemingly normal place, but with these fantastical creatures around (sort of like in Kiki's Delivery Service where she lives in a completely normal city, but she's a witch and people just accept it. Same sort of idea in My Neighbor Totoro). That comment really made my day. Anything Miyazaki is totally made of win!
Anyway, that's about it. My mom and sisters are coming up this weekend for Family Day at church (whee!) and they might stay until Monday (whee! again!) I can't wait! (but I have to pack some stuff up to send back with them. Moving is such a pain. Good thing my one class tomorrow is canceled!)
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
