Workshop #1

Thursday was our first workshop where we did a critiquing of the short story, Harpers Night Out. I enjoyed being able to listen and see what other people thought of the story, and see how their opinions differed from my own opinion. Which some did but in most cases they were in places that I felt could be taking either way? 

I liked the thought of being able to read other writers work, as well as being able to just critique the work based mainly on what it is about and not the technicals like grammatical errors and spelling.  

I felt like almost everyone came prepared to give their thoughts on the story. I think for the most part these workshops should be fairly easy if all we have to do is write out a short critique twice a week, I mean it will take time and focus but once I get into it I think it will be fun! Which is what makes writing enjoyable in the long run, and well I guess anything? If you can’t have fun doing it then it really isn’t what you want to do. 

The good thing about being able to go through and see how other people write their stories, helps me to figure out how to form a story in a way that more people will be able to enjoy it, without having to feel like they are having to weed through a mess just to get to the meat of my story.