What kind of art class?

[_Quasimodo]

Drawing another plucked penguin.

Clever!

[_Blixa]

You'd be surprised. Writing is something you can get better and better at the more you do it and the more you do different kinds of it.

That of course requires time. But, though the time needed may vary from individual to individual, I think like Morley says, most of it can be learned. One can become an excellent stylist. Whether one has anything to impart with the style is another thing, though, and maybe that is the part that has you feeling inadequate. But that can come with time as well.

I learned most about writing from a couple of gigs I had with very tiny word limits. One was writing entries for an academic encyclopedia. I had to boil pages and pages down into small entries. It was an excellent discipline and I think had an almost immediate impact on my basic sentence level writing.

Thanks for the encouragement, I think I just need to dedicate some time to the art :). Maybe some short stories. I have actually begun writing some of my thoughts/frustrations/ideas out in a sort of journal and I find that the more I do that, the easier it becomes - its also crazy therapeutic.

You already write better than most college students.

[_Morley]

Thanks for the encouragement, I think I just need to dedicate some time to the art :). Maybe some short stories. I have actually begun writing some of my thoughts/frustrations/ideas out in a sort of journal and I find that the more I do that, the easier it becomes - its also crazy therapeutic.

You already write better than most college students.

Yep.

[_moksha]

I'm guessing male. Very hard to tell, though, with birds. All that sexy stuff is tucked inside.

Like Blixa said, it's the content and not the style which makes the bird.

[_MCB]

When I first got on the internet, hiding my gender was a good idea. And sometimes it still is. I wouldn't wonder about our dear Moksha. Moksha is lovable no matter what Moksha's gender is.

It is also nice to be able to break loose from gender stereotypes. Was a relief to be assertive and openly angry.

Hey--LULU!!