I meet other writers

I went and signed up for a writing workshop, knowing that I both need some hard deadlines for producing something I'm okay with others reading and the feedback of other writers. Chris and Matt and others are dying to read my work, but it's not the same as getting honest feedback from another writer. I should be encouraged that the worst I've received from editors is try again later rather than outright rejection, but I still am really doubtful of everything I produce. Eventually it just sucks the motivation for that piece dry so that I have far too many almost finished things.

The people in the class look to be an interesting assortment. There's the engineer who, when asked what he wanted to get out of the class, proceeded to read a list of very specific syntax questions. Then the geek who runs a wiki, and the former musical theater major who perpetually smiles. And many memoir or fictionalized memoir writers. Should get a very well rounded set of opinions out of them.

I've been thinking about what I want the class to read, so I know what to work on. Oddly enough, I am really tempted to have another go at a novella I've barely touched since last fall, rather than anything else nearer completion. Probably because I often find myself thinking of it as my only serious piece so far (which makes it that much harder to make myself work on). I've found myself thinking about it more frequently the last few weeks, so I'll give it a shot and see how much more I can do this week.