Writing Plans
Posted: Wed 28 January, 2009 Filed under: Five Year Plan (now Ten), Resolutions, Travel, Writing 1 Comment »As I’ve written before, one of my plans for this year is to get some more writing done. I’m working on it, and there’s still a lot of the year to go, so we’ll see how things work out.
However, I’ve also been thinking about getting some impetus towards year-end, where I can both learn a bit more about my preferred writing areas, and (hopefully) get some feedback on ideas that I’ll have written – or at the bare minimum, have outlined and started – by that time.
In that light, and because I’ve known about them for years, I’ve signed up for a course through the Arvon Foundation, which I’m already really looking forward to.
It’s a cost of nearly £600 for the week, but that includes all food, board etc., but I think it’ll be an interesting departure, and something cool to do. Who knows, if it works out well, I might even go on more of them in 2010…
I did a couple many years ago (one near Exeter, t’other in Yorkshire). How much you get out of it is, I think, very dependant on the week’s tutor(s) and your fellow classmates and mine varied wildly. [I won’t get libellous here in the comment box, feel free to drop me a line if you’re interested.] But both locations were idyllic and I would highly recommend them – have fun!