I survived my Even Busier Week (see previous post) and I did not even fall over at my graduation. I think my walk on stage might have been slightly un-writerly and a tad lollopy, but all those hours gazing at America/Britain/Outer Mongolia’s Next Top Model with my daughter paid off, as I swished and strutted, ‘working’ my mortarboard and gown in a ‘high fashion’ manner, just like Tyra and Elle have taught me.
So I am now, officially, a fully certified Master of Arts (with Distinction). Unofficially, I am many things. But I think I’ll leave the shimmying to Claudia and Naomi and get back behind my desk. It’s where I belong.
Hi Helen,
My warmest congratulations…
I took a similar course some years ago and it remains one of the most vivid experiences of my life. Of 16 completed novels, four were eventually published (in one form or another). When do you envisage you’ll complete yours? Is there any requirement to complete it by a certain date?
Tim.
Thanks, Tim. I have written 50 000 words of an estimated 80-85 000 of Blues, so still a way to go, but I have a full synopsis and a chapter-by-chapter outline for the whole work. It’s a question of chipping away at it. We had to hand in 15 000 words plus 5000 commentary, for our Final Project. I’d developed earlier chapters for the ‘Skills and Techniques’, ‘Forming Fictions’ and ‘Writing for Personal Development’ modules, so I have had feedback on these, too. It’s up to me to draw it all together, finish it and approach agents in due course – I hope to have a finished, edited version within 6 months, as an educated guess! It’s a good job I love writing it.
Helenx
Hi Helen,
My warmest congratulations…
I took a similar course some years ago and it remains one of the most vivid experiences of my life. Of 16 completed novels, four were eventually published (in one form or another). When do you envisage you’ll complete yours? Is there any requirement to complete it by a certain date?
Tim.