Hexham Book Festival
I enjoyed a workshop with AL Kennedy, who told participants not to waste our time paying for workshops or courses but rather get on and write whatever we would most want to write were we about to get run down and killed by a truck next time we leave the house.
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That is v sound advice I think. But there’s a but. Going on writing courses may do many things besides ‘teach’ the craft of writing, things that are essential (for some people) to be able to sit down and write …. The MA has defo done that for me – given me the space, given me the identity, the peer group, support