Bella

I agree – using I Remember to find a voice is a super idea. I shall be pinching that one for sure.

I love your I Remember, and particularly the I don’t remember popped in the middle. It’s interesting to see where the exercise takes us.

@Seagreen – I’ve just finished reading the first chapter of Burroway and nearly all of the writing prompts make sense to me (in that I can see how I can write something) but the ‘things I know nothing about’ suggestion has me rather stumped.If I truly know nothing about it (and the Mariana Trench qualifies for me, too!) then what is there to…[Read more]

@janeshuff – not read this thread but it may have something useful in it

https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3712927-To-ask-for-your-interesting-and-shocking-overheard-conversation-experiences

I agree with all proposals.

Can’t wait!

@woolleybeans – wow.Well done. I’ve just shelled out for the required texts, so am ready to go (all on Kindle save for Ursula le Guin which is only available in hard copy as far as I could see)

In theory I think the structure of a timetable is helpful. In practice, especially for a project as huge as this, I just don’t see people sticking to it very closely. Even in the self-edit course people were very variable in their contributions and that was only 6 weeks. That said, no harm in devising a timetable for people to (try to) stick to. I…[Read more]