I have a new appreciation for what you guys do. Bread Loaf is not unlike ASFA. Imagine instead that everybody is a creative writer and they're all twenty, thirty, even fifty years older than you are now. All the same things apply, though--not least mental exhaustion. In eleven days or so we've done the work of half a semester. Today we had a workshop in which we discussed three 25-page stories. In 45 minutes, I'm going to a class on line-by-line editing. This morning there was a lecture on Shakespeare. Tomorrow is a class on plotting a novel, and we'll talk about three more stories in my workshop--only one of which I've read, much less commented on--on Friday morning. And, of course, there are readings, readings, and more readings.
ASFA-CW on steroids. But older.
In all, it's been pretty awesome, and I'm looking forward to getting back to apply some of my newfound perspective.
Workers of the world, unite!
Speaking of work: don't forget what you're supposed to be doing.
And don't forget to vote about the crazy apples! Polls have the seed-route way out in front, but that can change in a nanosecond...
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