I’ve always been suspicious of writing exercises, particularly in a group setting. I think it harks back to Sunday school were rote exercises<\/strike> fun activities were foisted upon the pupils in an environment where failure was a lack of faith (leading to an eternity in hell).<\/p>\n
But I digress.<\/p>\n
Writing exercises in a room with fellow writers, with the facilitator calling out five minute intervals as the clock runs down, and a blank sheet of paper in front of you laughing and cackling and spitting in your face.<\/p>\n
Not my idea of fun.<\/p>\n
But it serves a purpose: it gets you to write<\/b><\/i>, there and then, and sometimes, just the act<\/i> is all that matters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I’ve always been suspicious of writing exercises, particularly in a group setting. I think it harks back to Sunday school were rote exercises fun activities were foisted upon the pupils in an environment where failure was a lack of faith (leading to an eternity in hell). But I digress. Writing exercises in a room with … <\/p>\n