Iowa was awesome this year. I started on my novel, and despite the fact that I’ve only added a paragraph to it since I’ve been back, it’s really gotten the thoughts and ideas flowing. I’m trying hard to sit down for at least an hour a day and write, and if not write then do nothing else but think of the story.
Why don’t we tip flight attendants? We tip people who serve us our food in restaurants and people who park our cars (I could go into a long rant about how lazy we must be to have someone else park our Mercedes for us, but I think that says it all), so why not the flight attendants? I dare say the flight attendant has to do way more work than the average waiter does.
I read through David Sedaris’ “Me Talk Pretty One Day” while in Iowa and waiting at airports. I’ve found myself emulating his style in my writing. He’s so smooth and flowy with his writing. Really funny stuff too. Some of it didn’t do it for me, but most of the time he was on the money.
I’ve been using WriteRoom to write my novel, and highly recommend it for anyone else who has problems concentrating. Plus it looks damn cool to be working on an all black screen with green text on it. Makes me look like some hardcore writer dude.
My desktop machine has died on me for no reason at all. I’m still trying to figure out if it’s the power supply or the motherboard. Either way, I imagine it could be a blessing in surprise disguise since I no longer have access to Warcraft 3 (Damn that footmen frenzy is addicting) or my music. More time to write write write!
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Can something be “in surprise”? Perhaps you meant a blessing in disguise?
Do not correct me - everything I write is perfect!
I’m looking up grad summer writing prgms and the Iowa festival seems promising. I read that you have to sign up for courses — was it easy to get into classes? They seem to be ltd to 12 ppl. Also, what was an average day like during the 1-week course? How many hours of workshopping/structured writing were there? Could you advise? Thanks.
@Vivian
I signed up this year maybe a few weeks after the catalog arrived and was able to get into the class I wanted. The year before I took maybe two months to finally sign up and most of the classes I wanted were already full.
The workshop is only three hours a day in the afternoons. The entire rest of the day is up to you. They usually have lectures at eleven which you may attend, and the local bookstore Prairie Lights holds readings at night.