How to Become a Writer
by Laurie Lamson
As soon as I learned how to read, I wanted to be a writer. But long after film school, I was still stopped by fear my writing wasn’t good enough.
Finally, in desperation, I took a City College creative writing class. The teacher said we’d do assignments, read our work in small groups, then to the whole class. I for sure wouldn’t be doing that.
He said he’d give personal comments and suggestions, but no critiques – his goal was getting us writing. After the first class, I sat on the steps outside and cried with relief. This was the compassionate teacher I needed. That class changed my life. And it wasn’t easy, but by the end I did read to the whole group.
KEEP READING for insights from this wonderful teacher and more in the full article featured in Inkubator Magazine, published by She Rises Studios.
