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Nightowl lunatic6/9/2023 We learn as much, if not more, from each other. Some of the best of us lunatics hang out here. If you’re a night owl, try a late-night pirate session – read and critique into the wee hours, until we’ve had enough. There is an energy flowing through the lectures, workshops, and pirate sessions. I can’t stress enough the importance of opening yourself up to new genres, or forms. If you have a story to tell, poetry to compose, or screen plays to hone, SBWC is as welcoming a space as you’ll find.Ĭome with an open mind, experiment, and try hard not to hold your works too precious. Though the industry is evolving, the need to hone your craft, to tell a compelling story, will always be the foundation of our work. Now I draw energy and a sense of comfort from this community of lunatics, online, and once a year in person. You see, Imposters Syndrome frequently holds court over the voices and characters in my head. It took me a couple of years to believe I belonged among such a host. I’ve been attending, off and on, since 2005. I am hooked, a junkie returning for a fix. Above all, it’s an environment that breeds creativity and provides a space for us to learn from some of the best in our field. It is an eclectic mix of professionals and amateurs, indie and traditionally published authors. A conclave of like-minded, exceptionally generous souls who are willing to share their experience. The Santa Barbara Writers Conference resumes in June, after a three-year hiatus. Afflicted with a compulsion to share stories. Yes there are others like us, who are afflicted with particular flavor of lunacy. As humans, we are also social creatures, and if, as readers and writers, are lucky we find a welcoming gathering of other such creatures. Though writers are often introverts, and for many, writing is a solitary thing – door closed, BIC-HOK (Butt-in-Chair-Hands-On-Keyboard). But we as writers are all bound by a single objective – we must tell stories. For others each word, phrase, sentence, paragraph is a struggle of epic proportion. For some, stringing words and conjuring images comes easy, like breathing. Writers come in all shapes and sizes, physically and metaphorically, weaving simple words into verse of such striking beauty to bring a tear, or dark imagery leaving you unable to sleep without a light on for weeks at a time.
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