Skip to content
Priptona's Simple Minds Space

Priptona's Simple Minds Space

May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr

  • Home
  • About me/this blog
  • Contact me
  • Search/history (archive)
  • Sons/Sister celebration
  • Vlog posts
  • Upcoming Gigs
  • Toggle search form

Learning The Craft And Not Chasing High Marks

Posted on April 26, 2022 By Priptona No Comments on Learning The Craft And Not Chasing High Marks

More on what I shared yesterday – re: Summer Punch and taking the first steps into truly creative writing. The following was written out in my writer’s notebook on Sunday…


I have nothing to prove to anybody but myself. The learning is the most important aspect of my study. The acquisition of knowledge. The reflection of improvement through applied ‘trial and error’. Lessons learned from making mistakes. Not being scared to ‘slip up’ or ‘fail’. Knowledge is gained from trying and accepting failure – not by chasing ‘rewards’ or good grades. This I must remember and remind myself.

I have been so fearful of this creative writing unit this week that I haven’t been enjoying it. This is the reason I am doing this module! So I can learn to improve my writing skills. I think it has already started to do so and I am already putting much more thought into sentence structure and how I organise my words and express my thoughts.

To really improve my writing and become a better writer I need to step out of my comfort zone and I need to stop placing so much emphasis on grades. Of the grades I get on my assignments. Of course, I don’t want to fail my module! But if I do, I may learn more from the experience as a result.

‘The only thing we have to fear is fear itself’ (Roosevelt, 1933). I have to stop fearing failure. I need to remind myself that to fear failure is to already fail. Apply myself to the right things for the right reasons.

References:
The White House (2022) Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States.
Available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/franklin-d-roosevelt/
(Accessed: 26 April 2022).

Share this:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram
  • Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon

Like this:

Like Loading...
rock Tags:2022, creative writing, diploma of high education in english, learning, open university, ou, study, thoughts

Post navigation

Previous Post: Summer Punch – Creative Writing Coursework
Next Post: Poetry Corner: Four Letters

Related Posts

Temporary Hiatus – Minds Music Monday – Big Sleep jim kerr
The Heat Is On! book
New Day, Same As The Old Day rock
Study, Stories, Special Surprises and Someone Missing glasgow
Wolfgang Flür – Magazine 1 rock
A Spin Of Nostalgia audio

Leave a commentCancel reply

SEARCH THE BLOG

Blog Archive

Upcoming Gigs

Current Month

Other Posts

  • A Six Six (with a missing six) – Birthday FB Memories July 9, 2025
  • The Bellahouston Breakdown – A Long Vlog Post (Sorry!) June 30, 2025
  • The Word(y) Girl June 24, 2025
  • UPDATE: (New Additions) Selling Some Stuff From My Collection June 22, 2025
  • Release Date for Kerr/Burchill Memoir Our Secrets Are The Same June 18, 2025
  • Monday Is 1981 Day – New Weekly Theme: First up – In The Garden: Eurythmics June 16, 2025
  • Young Stud In Berlin 1982 (Jim Kerr Interviewed on Countdown – July 1982) June 13, 2025
  • X Doesn’t Always Mark The Spot… June 9, 2025

Recent Comments

  • Priptona on Night One – Santiago, Chile
  • hardbrisklycbd43a72c6 on Night One – Santiago, Chile
  • hardbrisklycbd43a72c6 on Night One – Santiago, Chile
  • Priptona on The Bellahouston Breakdown – A Long Vlog Post (Sorry!)
  • simple minder on The Bellahouston Breakdown – A Long Vlog Post (Sorry!)
  • Scott on Young Stud In Berlin 1982 (Jim Kerr Interviewed on Countdown – July 1982)
  • Scott on X Doesn’t Always Mark The Spot…
  • Priptona on X Doesn’t Always Mark The Spot…
  • Scott on X Doesn’t Always Mark The Spot…
  • Scott on True Grit and Rocket Science

Tags

1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 acoustic tour australia bbc beautiful brian mcgee catherine anne davies charlie burchill cherisse osei derek forbes facebook fan art ged grimes gif gif bomb gigs interview jim kerr live london lyric of the day mel gaynor mmm new gold dream sarah brown shrine art simple minds simpleminds sons and fascination stats the anchoress thoughts tweekly fm virginia turbett walk between worlds? YouTube

Copyright © 2024 Priptona Weird - Simple Minds Space.

Powered by PressBook Masonry Dark

X
%d