THE WORKS: An Introduction

I am a frustrated writer.

Other than that, i don't see any other reason why I do not say "No" to practically all the workshop invitations of Afredo Diaz, despite the fact that these do not come for FREE. I want to write and I want to learn how to write well.

Yes, workshops don't come free, just as any university education would. Any form of education (except the basic education which is compulsory and should be provided FREE of charge by any rational-thinking government) should be worth investing on. i am way past the "ranting" age where I would just blame my parents for everything that I did not get or experienced while under their care. (Like blaming them for not allowing me to take up Literature, perhaps?) Now that I can afford to send myself to some writing education, I will spend for what i really want.

I believe that writing, just like any passion or hobby should be mastered both ways: technical and talent (the innate). I admire people who can survive by just their mere talent but much of us do not have that within our reach. Some talents also need fine tuning, otherwise, we should just all scrap the Fine Arts degree, which as we all know, primarily banks on and screen students based on their innate capabilities. This is where I believe the technical mastery comes in. I remember reading a memoir of a retired National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths-Belt. She said that photography is a mastery of proper techniques and all the mathematics that comes with it, more than it is a talent. I still cringe at the self-proclaimed photographers who preach that they are after the art, not the science.

Oh, well, maybe it works for them.

The Writing Mom and Death of a Father are my sample works for the workshop. Our deadline for submission is tonight, April 28, at 12 MN. I hope the readers of my blog (OH! i see 9 in my feedburner! -- and there is about 6.7 BILLION people in the world -- the 9 readers are amazing, really. Stroke yourself, you have found a GEM (rolleyes)) will comment. and if i may request, comment on the "technical" part...the flow, the cohesiveness. Pose questions if you will because that is what i am really interested in.

Salamat!!