Free writing course

crich70 · 06-21-2013, 09:00 AM

I came across this while poking round over at youtube this morning.

http://www.cupiderosbooks.com/WritingLessons.html

gmw · 06-21-2013, 09:01 PM

Curious. A rather intrusive website, so I didn't go beyond the first page.

The author seems to have a thing for meeting "the handsome or gorgeous person of the opposite sex" - which explicitly cuts out several possible variations of the story examples.

The article opens with "MOST PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO WRITE BECAUSE...", and it continues working from that assumption - that everyone would be a writer if they weren't afraid to try it. This may make for an good sales approach for the website, but I don't think its true and it gives the "lessons" a strange slant.

crich70 · 06-21-2013, 09:32 PM

I hadn't read very much of the site yet myself. White and pink on purple is an odd choice for color scheme (text and background). Granted some of it does have an unusual slant but it does make some good points too I think. Anyway I figure a free resource isn't going to necessarily be as well structured as one that you have to pay for.

julid · 06-22-2013, 10:54 AM

That was great. Now I have to go write another story.

Thanks for posting it!

crich70 · 06-22-2013, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by julid

That was great. Now I have to go write another story.

Thanks for posting it!

You're quite welcome. Good luck with your writing.

James_Wilde · 06-26-2013, 05:53 AM

I have to say they have a big pr job to overcome my firm belief that most things that are free are worth every penny. One thing I note from a _very_ quick look around: this is all theory and there's no-one there to look at your stuff and point you in the right direction. It can be very hard to exercise your writing muscle from theory only.

06-21-2013, 09:00 AM	#1
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	Free writing course I came across this while poking round over at youtube this morning. http://www.cupiderosbooks.com/WritingLessons.html

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gmw cacoethes scribendi Posts: 5,809 Karma: 137770742 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura One & H2Ov2, Sony PRS-650	Curious. A rather intrusive website, so I didn't go beyond the first page. The author seems to have a thing for meeting "the handsome or gorgeous person of the opposite sex" - which explicitly cuts out several possible variations of the story examples. The article opens with "MOST PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO WRITE BECAUSE...", and it continues working from that assumption - that everyone would be a writer if they weren't afraid to try it. This may make for an good sales approach for the website, but I don't think its true and it gives the "lessons" a strange slant.

06-21-2013, 09:32 PM	#3
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	I hadn't read very much of the site yet myself. White and pink on purple is an odd choice for color scheme (text and background). Granted some of it does have an unusual slant but it does make some good points too I think. Anyway I figure a free resource isn't going to necessarily be as well structured as one that you have to pay for.

06-22-2013, 10:54 AM	#4
julid Member Posts: 19 Karma: 497132 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Florida Device: Kindle	That was great. Now I have to go write another story. Thanks for posting it!

06-26-2013, 05:53 AM	#6
James_Wilde Guru Posts: 802 Karma: 4727110 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Iriver Story	I have to say they have a big pr job to overcome my firm belief that most things that are free are worth every penny. One thing I note from a _very_ quick look around: this is all theory and there's no-one there to look at your stuff and point you in the right direction. It can be very hard to exercise your writing muscle from theory only.

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