Comments on: Earth: Truly One of the More Terrifying Planets

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:27:49 +0000

i’ve taken a bunch of classes at ucla and really the only teacher worth your time for novel writing is tod goldberg. funny, smart, doesn’t give a shit if he hurts your feelings and actually wants you to get published.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:11:08 +0000

The main problem with novel workshops at universities is that there are usually too many people in the class. I teach these things now and again, and it’s upsetting to see someone who is writing their heart out get only 2 chapters critiqued over the course of an entire term On the plus side, students make friends with each and sometimes manage to pick up a couple of good readers for their work.

By: booksquare

booksquare — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:19:14 +0000

Leslie is marvelous. Very supportive and very honest. I wish I could have had her holding my hand forever. She probably wishes otherwise! Since you won’t get through the whole novel in a single class, you can always pick up where you left off, or test drive new concepts on a new audience…

The UCLA campus scares me. Big time. I took a Women Who Write Fiction (title escapes me, but it was great class) there once and had to buy a new car. I’m sure my old one is somewhere in a parking garage, but I have no idea where. This is why I avoid the LA Times Festival of Books. By the time I find it, everyone else has gone home!

By: j-fly

j-fly — Fri, 21 Jan 2005 03:43:25 +0000

Last night, I actually lost my car. It took me a good 45 minutes to figure out where I parked it on Hilgard. I will try Occidental if there is a next time (not quite sure I want to workshop this novel to death thought.) But Leslie Schwartz is teaching the same workshop on that campus and I hear she is marvelous.