On 13
April 2013, I attended the NCWN Conference that was at UNCG.
I
had never really been to a writing conference, so I didn't know what to expect.
I had been to too many dance conferences. I knew that if one goes to a dance
workshop one learns different styles of dance and things dealing with dance
etc...Naturally, if one goes to a writing conference one would learn about
writing and things dealing with writing.
Well at
least I got one thing correct before walking through the door of the
conference, which was everything, was going to be about writing etc.
In all honesty,
the conference reminds me a lot of being a student (which I am) taking writing
courses. Golda Fried really likes the NCWN Conference because she gets to feel
like a student again. So she was overly excited about attending the conference.
Though she really likes to learn about writing too, this helps her in her own writing. Such as when she wrote her novel and collections of short stories Nellcott Is My Darling novel and Darkness Then a Blown Kiss stories.
I took two
different classes, self-publishing and a fiction workshop. Both interesting in their
own right.
The
self-publishing workshop made my head spin and made me question if I personally
should try self-publishing? I'm still undecided about it. Maybe I should make a poll
and see what my friends think about me self-publishing a book?
The
teacher and Golda tried to convince me that self-publishing is a good idea
since getting a literary agent hasn't worked so far. Also the teacher said one
can still pursue getting a literary agent and be a self-published author. Not sure
how all that works?
The second
class on fiction was more about forms of writing and how other authors use
them.
The
teacher gave us many handouts, which was cool. I think Golda felt like it was
her second birthday and each and every handout was a new present.
Golda
loves handouts!
The major
thing I learned from going to this conference was that one can find others who
like the same things, like writing, and one can learn a lot from each other.
