tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post5771407738331643791..comments2024-02-17T09:53:06.168+00:00Comments on Notes from the Slushpile: Arvon's Writing for Teenagers Course with Malorie and MelvinCandy Gourlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802791643303335762noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-14845123489125530132009-08-02T18:49:33.172+01:002009-08-02T18:49:33.172+01:00Love the pictures...sounds like a great course. Ca...Love the pictures...sounds like a great course. Can you tell us any more about the content?Keren Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-19471843328139556562009-08-02T19:11:42.050+01:002009-08-02T19:11:42.050+01:00hi keren! yup ... i thought i'd get the scener...hi keren! yup ... i thought i'd get the scenery out of the way first. there is probably a month's worth of blogging content in that course!Candy Gourlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007409312955086752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-18705600813208183282009-08-02T19:30:43.346+01:002009-08-02T19:30:43.346+01:00Looks like a fantastic week. I 'm looking forw...Looks like a fantastic week. I 'm looking forward to to the future posts about it too.JaneyVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04951739945670483199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-40724676158486575702009-08-02T20:06:07.371+01:002009-08-02T20:06:07.371+01:00Looks great - I'm very jealous. Ditto looking...Looks great - I'm very jealous. Ditto looking forward to the future posts.Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16278340974826259307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-4502044816197874322009-08-02T23:09:47.381+01:002009-08-02T23:09:47.381+01:00You didn't have the same room as I had, then,W...You didn't have the same room as I had, then,<br><br>Was very tempted by this course, until I reminded myself that I don't intend to write children's fiction.bookwitchhttp://bookwitch.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-44734051686195083292009-08-03T00:30:35.930+01:002009-08-03T00:30:35.930+01:00One thing I've always wondered about Arvon (no...One thing I've always wondered about Arvon (not that there's a chance in hell that I could actually do a course) is how much time you get to do your own writing. Or is it all classroom/socialising?Keren Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13121027210783177857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701894736280253278.post-89040697493311443212009-08-03T07:25:29.726+01:002009-08-03T07:25:29.726+01:00Well, this was a tutoring week and we started at 9...Well, this was a tutoring week and we started at 9.30 in the morning and stopped at 1pm. <br><br>Then you had appointments with the tutors at various points in the afternoon. Supper was at 7pm ... but of course at Arvon you have to cook one of the suppers (in teams of four, to a recipe). <br><br>your team washed the dishes the night before (no dishwasher - which i have strong objections to and not just because i went on the course to get away from mine!). <br><br>after supper most evenings there was something on - one evening M&M read from their books and discussed them, another evening, Catherine Fisher came to read to us and talk about her writing, and on the last evening we all read out our own work. <br><br>Many people just came for the tutors but I'd also come to try to finish my book. <br><br>There definitely wasn't enough time to write so I took to getting up at 5 or 6 to get some writing in (I also worked late into the night). Which was cool - there was no distraction of the internet. <br><br>It was only on the last day, when the sun came out that I managed to take those pictures of Heptonstall and the surrounding countryside!<br><br>But the tutorials and the writing exercises they put us through unblocked my writing after a particularly turgid period of day-jobbing.Candy Gourlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08007409312955086752noreply@blogger.com