Creative writing courses....

[ParramattaPaul]

7 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Unfortunately, that sounds too much like dealing with Zoom meetings.  I had to do that with meetings and such for the organization I belong to for the past year plus, and also (until just recently) for pen club meetings. 

Hoping that come fall the local community college will have in-person writing classes again (and at a time when I can take it, I.e., not up against choir rehearsals, which I want to get back to doing).  

Now, decades ago, my mom took a correspondence course and when I was a kid I remember sitting down and reading the exercises and her assignments and IIRC the critiques thereof.  But I'm not sure if places still do that (hers was the Palmer Writer School) and I'm also not sure how that would work for me.  I think I need to not be writing in a vacuum (I do too much of that already -- I do better with set goals, which is why I like NaPoWriMo).

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Ruth, have a look at Open University's free courses.  They are online, but without zoom sessions.  LINK: Search Results - OpenLearn - Open University

[inkstainedruth]

Unfortunately, when I looked at the link, I got a notice saying it was currently offline. 

I can see that sort of thing working for something like a literature or history class, or even some science courses -- because that those would be more along the line of lectures.  Writing, or an art class, OTOH, are more interactive -- and that's hard to do online.  

I attended an online day of classes on needlework and other fiber arts last year, and it was really awkward trying to move from class to class, not to mention some of the technical issues like stuff like Powerpoint presentations not running correctly.  In the past, when the event was in-person, I've taught things a few times -- there's no WAY I could have done that online, without a lot of expensive equipment and a ton of rehearsals to make sure cameras were pointed at the correct angle and such.  Even asking questions of the instructors got awkward.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth