;) I wouldn't usually point it out, but since we're discussing writing workshops...
Clarion always sounded fantastic. I wonder how much of it is simply that it gives you the opportunity to live-and-breathe something, day-in, day-out, for six weeks. Regardless of what you're trying to do, if you manage to do it solidly for six weeks, you'll become good (or at least markedly better) at it. For most of us, even if we had that time, I imagine the biggest hurdle would be motivation and becoming discouraged if we tried it on our own. So I wonder how much of the success of these programmes is perhaps not the expert advice per se but more the creation of a healthy space where people are able to throw themselves into their work like that. (Is this not fairly similar to Y Combinator's model?)
;) I wouldn't usually point it out, but since we're discussing writing workshops...
Clarion always sounded fantastic. I wonder how much of it is simply that it gives you the opportunity to live-and-breathe something, day-in, day-out, for six weeks. Regardless of what you're trying to do, if you manage to do it solidly for six weeks, you'll become good (or at least markedly better) at it. For most of us, even if we had that time, I imagine the biggest hurdle would be motivation and becoming discouraged if we tried it on our own. So I wonder how much of the success of these programmes is perhaps not the expert advice per se but more the creation of a healthy space where people are able to throw themselves into their work like that. (Is this not fairly similar to Y Combinator's model?)