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Peter_The_Great
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has anyone on the forums takin it? I am tempted too, I want to improve my writing, and it would be taught by my favorite auther (an added bonus). I would just like some more info on what goes on in it. I am a poetry writer, so I am not sure if it applies to me. Also, I am running out of time to decide, I am afraid it will fill up before I make my decision
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I'd love to take it as well, but it's both expensive, and far away, so it's difficult to justify it to myself and my limited budget.

Maybe if I fail to publish anything in the next year, I'll realize that I need some serious help. Hopefully, that won't be the case [Smile]

Until then, I'll stick with his excellent books on writing, which can be had at the local library or used book store for well within my meager budget.

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TomDavidson
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Several people on the forums have taken it. More than a few of them have since been published.
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Yep.

I heard one other say she divides her writing into "before boot camp" and "after boot camp." I did his regular during the year class at SVU, and it's the same with me (I hope!). I suggest if you go, and you can, go to boot camp. The 2-day told me things I didn't know before, but it didn't tell me enough; I needed more time having it drilled into me.

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Scott R
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quote:
I would just like some more info on what goes on in it.
Pain, torture, ecstasy, centipedes. The usual, you know.

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I am a poetry writer, so I am not sure if it applies to me. Also, I am running out of time to decide, I am afraid it will fill up before I make my decision
Hmm... Boot Camp is specifically set up to help fiction writers. I think OSC may have said two or three things about poetry writing the whole week.

Eric James Stone's notes on Bootcamp

How Eric James Stone got into Bootcamp

Eric James Stone is a published author (Analog, Phobos, Writers of the Future, IMS) and attended Literary Boot Camp with me in 2003. He took better notes.

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I'm in highschool, so wouldn't have a chance to go for a few years yet, but will his thought process and brilliance rub off a little on the attendees? I'd like to believe those who would be published would be anyway. What do I know though?
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Scott R
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will his thought process and brilliance rub off a little on the attendees?
Maybe. It depends on how good a student you are and whether you want them to.

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What do I know though?
I can safely say I have no idea.

[Big Grin]

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And I can humbly say: Not much
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