http://www.berylfletcher.co.nz/2008/11/21/when-is-a-book-not-a-book/ Award winning New Zealand Author Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:31:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.berylfletcher.co.nz/2008/11/21/when-is-a-book-not-a-book/#comment-45 Peter Wells Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:13:20 +0000 http://www.berylfletcher.co.nz/?p=63#comment-45 This relates to teaching creative writing. My first book was published when I was 39. When I think back to my apprenticeship days, which lasted approximately 23 years, I would have loved the opportunity of being amongst other apprentice writers and the chance to listen to a published writer. You always pick up much more than you think. And often it is things which barely register consciously which come back to haunt. The fact is, too, every writer is an apprentice but there are skills and tricks you pick up along the way. It is good to share these insights. This relates to teaching creative writing. My first book was published when I was 39. When I think back to my apprenticeship days, which lasted approximately 23 years, I would have loved the opportunity of being amongst other apprentice writers and the chance to listen to a published writer. You always pick up much more than you think. And often it is things which barely register consciously which come back to haunt. The fact is, too, every writer is an apprentice but there are skills and tricks you pick up along the way. It is good to share these insights.

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