tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post1909171599646280806..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Education (or not) of a writerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-86248899115814687002009-10-30T14:15:26.705-05:002009-10-30T14:15:26.705-05:00I've definatley been on the 'learning stuf...I've definatley been on the 'learning stuff' route rather than following anything resembling a career path or a logical structure.<br /><br />i quit uni six months from the end of a three year course. Clever choice that. I was mainley doing film studies, and i've found that the practical experience of writing, shooting and editing films has been far more useful to storytelling and writing than the theoretical analysis done in the classroom.Jay Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764183157841848163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-51681337931586841712009-10-30T08:39:35.958-05:002009-10-30T08:39:35.958-05:00In Banks' Espedair Stree is one of my all-time...In Banks' <i>Espedair Stree</i> is one of my all-time favourites.<br /><br />I also started in English and changed to history, though for different reasons.<br /><br />I do think learning a little about deconstructionism and literary criticism has helped me, but it took a long time for it to settle in and have much effect.<br /><br />There are some aspects of contructing a story and developing characters that can be like learning music. I had a guitar teacher once ask me, "Do you want to learn any music theory, ordo you just want to learn to play songs?" (it bugged me a little that I was twenty years old, had a daughter and a job and he was a high school kid, but I realized he wasn't being smug, he really just wanted to know)John McFetridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442198820998606682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-53555004646826033442009-10-30T06:34:50.474-05:002009-10-30T06:34:50.474-05:00John Scalzi said he took philosophy, not because i...John Scalzi said he took philosophy, not because it'd help his writing (though he says it did), but because it was a major that allowed him to take whatever classes he wanted. So he spent four years learning "stuff," then became a journalist, a critic, and now an author.<br /><br />Notice he didn't take English.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com