Workshopping was really interesting. I have never really done a workshop before, besides small groups of peer editing and even then we really didn’t get into the stories as deep as the question on the checklist make you look into the story. I can’t deny it but when I came into class on Monday I was a tad skeptical of how this whole workshop thing would work out, and even before that when I had to write the critiques on other peoples stories. During class I found myself pleasantly surprised. The small groups enabled us to look at works thoroughly and pick out what we loved, liked, and weren’t so crazy about.
I realize that reading other’s stories and deciphering what I think is good and bad about them, really helps me find out what I like in writing and I think can help me to discover what type of writer I am. At this point anything that helps me that way is definitely accepted with an open mind. Finding your style in writing is hard, and sometimes its hard to see your voice when you feel young and don’t see yourself like the great authors, a fine wine that has aged and become better over time. Hopefully the voice I am looking for will come and my writing abilities will become better with the work we do in this class. Over all opinion…. I approve of the workshops.