Doing a workshop like this would a be both a nightmare and a dream come true. Reading about the experience takes away some of the uncertainty. Still, scary, is a word I think aptly applies. Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t do it in a heartbeat if the time, money and opportunity presented itself. What’s a challenge without a little scary to help with the motivation?
“The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” – Norman Vincent Peale
One-point-two million words.
Two-hundred-and-seventy stories.
Six editors.
Why sign up to write six stories in six weeks without knowing a single thing about what you were going to be asked to write? Well, one answer is, to see if I could do it. The other answer—the real answer—was that what I really, really, really, wanted was the feedback.
I went into this expecting to sell nothing. As a first-timer, I knew that the likelihood that any of my stories would make the buy pile was going to be extremely low. And I was fine with that. What I wanted was an insight into the editorial process of some real pros, people who have been doing this for decades.
When you want to learn, learn from the best.
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Lee Dunning 