I am a fantasy genre writer looking for a solid mentor who can help me grow and learn. I was "labeled" as a "gifted" writer at the age of ten and was subsequently tested into a Program for Gifted Students. In retrospect, this was detrimental to my writing abilities. The Program was for high IQ students; it was not a workshop to really hone or develop any of our various gifts, but merely a place for other intellectuals to congregate and avoid the boring task of "regular" academic studies. However, the thoughtless adulation showered upon my work while I was growing up did nothing but encourage me to write purple prose and in the process stymied the development of some of the more important components of story telling.
As a consequence, I write more as though I were "seeing" everything in a movie than establishing all of the important ingredients of writing from a POV character.
I'm not sure if I'm going about this the right way as I am new to messageboards but I thought I would go ahead and at least toss this out there to see who's willing to take a bite.
Thanks in advance!
As a consequence, I write more as though I were "seeing" everything in a movie than establishing all of the important ingredients of writing from a POV character.
I'm not sure if I'm going about this the right way as I am new to messageboards but I thought I would go ahead and at least toss this out there to see who's willing to take a bite.
Thanks in advance!
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