Comments for Cathy White

Comment on Life as a mature creative writing student by Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:04:05 +0000

Um, the Open University does degrees too… You need to get over your OU/’real’ uni snobbery!

No, the first year doesn’t count towards the final degree grade.

Comment on Life as a mature creative writing student by Naj

Naj — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:01:45 +0000

“I thought it would be like a real life Open University course and all we’d have to do is write some stories then write a bit of commentary explaining why we wrote what we did.” Na, this is a degree – it’s big
Does your first year count towards your final degree grade?

Comment on Open University A363: Advanced Creative Writing by Jacki

Jacki — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:31:34 +0000

I loved A363, my tutor was excellent and, more importantly, gave me good marks. I think it was a course more about planning and editing though, rather than writing. Glad you are still writing though. And studying.

Jacki.

Comment on Short Story Video: Underground by Gilly

Gilly — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:11:20 +0000

As always very entertaining Cathy, I love your observations of subtle detail and your humour. I would like to read this one as well though, will you be posting it?

Comment on Short Story Video: Underground by Bernadette

Bernadette — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:58:30 +0000

It was a great story! Thanks and lovely to c u again x

Comment on White Rabbit: Are you sitting comfortably by Short Story Video: Underground | Cathy White

Short Story Video: Underground | Cathy White — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:48:04 +0000

[...] event was at Toynbee Studios, London E1 and, as last time, it was read out brilliantly by Gareth. Thank you [...]

Comment on Open University A363: Advanced Creative Writing by Tom Roper

Tom Roper — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:38:55 +0000

If you ever renew your interest in radio drama, I heartily recommend William Ash’s The Way to Write Radio Drama.

Comment on Search query haiku by Duncan

Duncan — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 09:57:49 +0000

Nice!

Haiku are really tough. I managed a couple of mediocre ones at uni:

‘firstborn’

A close friend gives birth:
the screaming pink, I realise
I’ll know at twenty.

‘twenty-six inch – remote’

Showing us little,
the dark box of glitzy dross
devours reflections.

Comment on Open University A363: Advanced Creative Writing by Mon

Mon — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:29:16 +0000

Hi Cathy
I think that the point of A363 was to make us think for ourselves about our own creativity. I galloped straight into the ECA miles b4 it needed to be in and then spent two months… ummm… reading books. cos I thought I orta do summat. I published my ECA in booklet form and hurled it around… it got good marks but no-one who read it liked it. Maybe cross-dressing dutcart-driving serial killers who fall in love with sheep farmer serial killers aren’t to my pals’ tastes. hmmyah. so I’m def thinking hard about my creativity, but am slowly filling up shopping trolleyloads of poetry books to return them to the charity shops. Ezra Pound…. wot claptrap. Wordsworth…. we are supposed to understand these acclaimed creative geniusness but I don’t think I ever will.
and so…
I’m studying law instead now.
I’m glad you have decided to go full time to uni. Good luck and keep in touch.
Mon xx

Comment on Open University A363: Advanced Creative Writing by liz williams

liz williams — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:10:10 +0000

Hi Cathy,
Only just seen your post, thought I must have a word too.
I didn’t enjoy the course too much either, for different reasons though. My tutor didn’t seem to gel with my work at all, she left part way through the course, by which time, my most favourite TMA, a screen-play (that I had attempted both because the new format interested and stretched me). I received a bare-pass for which more or less meant that I could only, at best secure a grade 2 pass…I didn’t feel the tutor’s comments were fair, and I wasn’t the only one in the tutor group who felt the same way. Stuffing knocked out of me, I spent the rest of the course playing safe…I hate doing that, and felt I didn’t experiment or throw myself into exploring style which is what I believe any course should encourage. I too passed the course with a grade 2. but I’m left feeling cheated as all the fun-stuff was torn off the bone by the lack of encouragement of the first tutor. Our replacement tutor was entirely different, it’s such a shame we didn’t have him from the start…so I sympathise with your views. So glad you passed, this year I am doing E301…it’s looking tough, but I’ll give it my best shot.
I wish you all the very best, I’ve taken an interest in your writing from A215, A363 and feel you have enormous writing skills, which I’m sure you already know…good luck.
best wishes, Liz