I've my two cents here - I've been reading Ann Handley who talks about content writing but it is applicable to the exercise of writing in general.
https://www.amazon.in/Everybody-Writes-Go-Creating-Ridiculously-ebook/dp/B00LMB5P0G If she's interested in a write-a-long, let me know. I'm happy to acquire new, and sharpen those, skills. Huda On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 at 18:45, Sree Sivanandan <shreejit...@gmail.com> wrote: > Appreciate those thoughtful inputs which has indeed pushed me to relook at > the request in the first place. > > I look forward to sitting with her along with your inputs once she is back > from her school trip and see where it takes us. Thanks. > > Have a great weekend. > > Anyone from the group is likely to attend Anya Schriffrin's talk on the > Future of News Media and the Role of Independent Media happening at the > Bangalore International center on the 25th of October? > > Best > Sree > > > > On Fri, 18 Oct 2019, 01:36 Thaths, <tha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have come across some good books aimed at cultivating the writing habit > > <https://shop.826valencia.org/writing/books/> in young ones at 826 > > Valencia's The Pirate Store. > > > > Thaths > > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 9:42 PM Radhika, Y. <radhik...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I second Veena's advice. The same is true for beginners, young or not. > > > Criticism can be entertained after observing oneself and one's own > > writing > > > on a sustained basis for a while. > > > > > > El mié., 16 oct. 2019 9:03 p. m., Veena Venugopal < > > > veena.venugo...@gmail.com> > > > escribió: > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > Author Anita Nair runs a writing workshop. It's called Anita's Attic > > and > > > it > > > > has frequent sessions throughout the year. Zac O'YEah and Anjum > Hassan > > > have > > > > also started theirs, its called The World Famous Semi Deluxe Writing > > > > Programme, but theirs is less frequent. They have only had one > > programme > > > so > > > > far (maybe two). Both are in Bangalore. > > > > My unsolicited advice though is to not put her in one since she is > only > > > 12. > > > > Critique is the main technique used in these workshops and I feel at > 12 > > > you > > > > are not old enough to differentiate critique from criticism. There is > > > also > > > > a lot of forced criticism in workshops and she wouldn't know which > > pieces > > > > of advice to take and which to ignore. Also, the workshops tend to > > force > > > > writers into accepted structures. This is wrong. If writing is a > > creative > > > > process, then structure lends itself to creativity and forcing > writers > > to > > > > stay within some pre-conceived notions is asking them to abort that > > > > creativity. Your daughter should just write whatever she wants to, in > > > > whichever form she chooses, and should not be subject to an adult's > > > version > > > > of what is good writing. Not yet. > > > > > > > > V > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 8:54 AM Sree Sivanandan < > shreejit...@gmail.com > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > My 12 year old daughter is very keen to attend workshops > (Bangalore) > > > that > > > > > cafine-tunene her book writing skills. > > > > > > > > > > She turns 13, coming Jan and I would place her at 15 in terms of > her > > > > > reading interests. She is a voracious reader who can comfortably > read > > > 20 > > > > > plus books a month. > > > > > > > > > > Please suggest options. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Sree > > > -- Huda Masood +91 9886796967
