The award-winning science fiction novelist launches an online writing workshop for would-be authors
The acclaimed science fiction novelist Ursula Le Guin, revealing that she no longer has the “vigour and stamina” to write another novel, has launched an online fiction writing workshop – and has been inundated with questions from aspiring writers.
The award-winning author of novels including The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea series for children was last year presented with a medal for her distinguished contribution to American letters by the National Book Foundation. But in a piece for the Book View Cafe, a cooperative of authors that she co-founded, Le Guin said that while she is still writing poems, “it takes quite a lot of vigour and stamina to write a story, and a huge amount to write a novel. I don’t have those any more, and I miss writing fiction.”
She also said she has given up teaching, but, missing “being in touch with serious prentice writers”, she is experimenting with “a kind of open consultation or informal ongoing workshop in Fictional Navigation”. After opening the doors to questions from writers, Book View Cafe has since temporarily closed them, citing the “enthusiastic response” from those keen to learn from Le Guin.
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The award-winning author of novels including The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea series for children was last year presented with a medal for her distinguished contribution to American letters by the National Book Foundation. But in a piece for the Book View Cafe, a cooperative of authors that she co-founded, Le Guin said that while she is still writing poems, “it takes quite a lot of vigour and stamina to write a story, and a huge amount to write a novel. I don’t have those any more, and I miss writing fiction.”
She also said she has given up teaching, but, missing “being in touch with serious prentice writers”, she is experimenting with “a kind of open consultation or informal ongoing workshop in Fictional Navigation”. After opening the doors to questions from writers, Book View Cafe has since temporarily closed them, citing the “enthusiastic response” from those keen to learn from Le Guin.
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