tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post8241302546296197153..comments2023-09-30T06:10:34.381-07:00Comments on Shadow Knows: Awards CeremonyRobbi N.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-21700017461637914902011-05-09T18:14:00.962-07:002011-05-09T18:14:00.962-07:00Hello, Professor Nester, perhaps you don't rem...Hello, Professor Nester, perhaps you don't remember me, but I was the girl who got second in the writing contest in the fiction category.<br />Anyways, I just ran into your blog and saw this post. Just wanted to say hello!<br /><br />PS. I haven't taken any creative writing courses yet. It's all in my brain so far.tudor3x8https://www.blogger.com/profile/17924528170240753743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-14517112645932874602011-04-12T06:16:49.342-07:002011-04-12T06:16:49.342-07:00Me too. But I suppose I will have to ease up a bit...Me too. But I suppose I will have to ease up a bit. I was very serious when I taught the workshop, and blunt about the students' poems. It is hard, in fact, for me not to be blunt. That is just how I am made.<br />But the people who stayed, those who were not already excellent poets (and there were a couple), produced very good stuff, and learned a heck of a lot about poetry, so they told me.<br />I'm not sure it was fun and games though. In my intro creative writing class, it was more fun and games; in the poetry one, it was more serious, but since it was the second one in the series, I thought that was more appropriate. Apparently, the students didn't. Many dropped, thinking it was an instant A.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1717221249845341165.post-6872493943421987762011-04-12T05:13:10.780-07:002011-04-12T05:13:10.780-07:00Good thought. Hope it works!Good thought. Hope it works!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.com