Comments on: THE IDEAL EDITOR http://magicalwords.net/faith-hunter/the-ideal-editor/ Writing tips and publishing advice for aspiring novelists. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:09:46 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tyhitiahttp://magicalwords.net/faith-hunter/the-ideal-editor/#comment-6550 Tyhitia Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:58:43 +0000 http://magicalwords.net/?p=1324#comment-6550 Wow. Thanks for sharing this, Faith. :-D This is something that I've been wondering about. :-D Wow. Thanks for sharing this, Faith. :-D This is something that I’ve been wondering about. :-D

]]> By: Faith Hunterhttp://magicalwords.net/faith-hunter/the-ideal-editor/#comment-6549 Faith Hunter Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:55:30 +0000 http://magicalwords.net/?p=1324#comment-6549 (laughing) You *are* ambitious! Yeah, don't overdo. It sounds like you have thought well and hard and are making decisions that work well with you. (laughing) You *are* ambitious!
Yeah, don’t overdo. It sounds like you have thought well and hard and are making decisions that work well with you.

]]> By: Atsikohttp://magicalwords.net/faith-hunter/the-ideal-editor/#comment-6548 Atsiko Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:41:45 +0000 http://magicalwords.net/?p=1324#comment-6548 Yeah, I love linguistics. I'm also taking Italian, and hopefully Russian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, or German... or whatever the most efficient combination of those I can fit into my schedule. I took as much Latin as was possible in high school, and I had mandatory Spanish classes in elementary school. My problem with school has always been that there's never enough time to take all the classes I want. :)I've been writing poetry for several years, including a great deal of time critiquing and receiving critique. I also work as a poetry editor for a small e-zine. As much as I love poetry, I am much more prolific in terms of novel ideas. I've never submitted any poetry, mostly because internet critique has a way of putting work in the public "eye" in a way that usually precludes someone publishing it. I may or may not submit some work in the future, if I write something I particularly like.As for the creative writing, I'm not sure how much it would help me. Not that I think I have nothing left to learn. But I think I have a good handle on most of the concepts I would be exposed to. Again, I have plenty of room for improvement in my understanding and application of those concepts. I'm just not sure a creative writing course would be the best environment for that improvement.I know this will sound a bit cliche, but there's not necessarily a great deal of respect for genre writing in college CW classes, which is what I do. A lot of college creative writing programs focus on mainstream and literary writing, and some are almost factories to churn out material in some style of lit-fic. I am not lumping all or even most classes into these categories. But while my school is pretty accepting, it's also pretty small. I'm not sure there I could find appropriate classes for me. Although I plan to look into it.Also, the vast majority of CW classes I have experience with are focused on short stories. I have greatly enjoyed some short stories, and I know they can be very useful tools to specifically address various aspects of the craft. But they aren't really my thing. I have tried on several occasions to write a short story, and it has never gone well. This may be some inherent flaw in me or just a lack of experience. Perhaps a creative writing class would help to answer that question for me. But considering that I already have more classes I want to take than I could reasonably fit into my schedule, I'm unsure as to whether it is worth the risk. Yeah, I love linguistics. I’m also taking Italian, and hopefully Russian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, or German… or whatever the most efficient combination of those I can fit into my schedule. I took as much Latin as was possible in high school, and I had mandatory Spanish classes in elementary school. My problem with school has always been that there’s never enough time to take all the classes I want. :)

I’ve been writing poetry for several years, including a great deal of time critiquing and receiving critique. I also work as a poetry editor for a small e-zine. As much as I love poetry, I am much more prolific in terms of novel ideas. I’ve never submitted any poetry, mostly because internet critique has a way of putting work in the public “eye” in a way that usually precludes someone publishing it. I may or may not submit some work in the future, if I write something I particularly like.

As for the creative writing, I’m not sure how much it would help me. Not that I think I have nothing left to learn. But I think I have a good handle on most of the concepts I would be exposed to. Again, I have plenty of room for improvement in my understanding and application of those concepts. I’m just not sure a creative writing course would be the best environment for that improvement.

I know this will sound a bit cliche, but there’s not necessarily a great deal of respect for genre writing in college CW classes, which is what I do. A lot of college creative writing programs focus on mainstream and literary writing, and some are almost factories to churn out material in some style of lit-fic. I am not lumping all or even most classes into these categories. But while my school is pretty accepting, it’s also pretty small. I’m not sure there I could find appropriate classes for me. Although I plan to look into it.

Also, the vast majority of CW classes I have experience with are focused on short stories. I have greatly enjoyed some short stories, and I know they can be very useful tools to specifically address various aspects of the craft. But they aren’t really my thing. I have tried on several occasions to write a short story, and it has never gone well. This may be some inherent flaw in me or just a lack of experience. Perhaps a creative writing class would help to answer that question for me. But considering that I already have more classes I want to take than I could reasonably fit into my schedule, I’m unsure as to whether it is worth the risk.

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