{"id":1128,"date":"2012-10-21T21:16:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T04:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/?p=1128"},"modified":"2016-10-14T17:00:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T00:00:09","slug":"the-joy-of-writing-conferences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/2012\/writing\/the-joy-of-writing-conferences\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Writing Conferences"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just finished the three day Surrey International Writers Conference. To say I was inspired and encouraged would be an understatement. I’m still processing. It was the third time I’ve gone, not consecutively as too much of a good thing is too much of a good thing. The first time I went, I was overwhelmed. The second time, the points about craft started to sink in. This third time, I discovered how much I knew. To sum up my take on this conference, I’m citing\u00a0 Jane Espenson<\/a> (screenwriter of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer):<\/p>\n

THE LONGER YOU WRITE, THE SIMPLER IT GETS. <\/span><\/p>\n

Happy writing!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I just finished the three day Surrey International Writers Conference. To say I was inspired and encouraged would be an understatement. I’m still processing. It was the third time I’ve… <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[78,397,396,8,276,5],"class_list":["post-1128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-diana-stevan","tag-jane-esponson","tag-surrey-international-writers-conference","tag-write","tag-writers","tag-writing-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1LuVB-ic","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3438,"url":"https:\/\/www.dianastevan.com\/uk\/2017\/writing\/siwc-an-exceptional-writers-conference-in-b-c\/","url_meta":{"origin":1128,"position":0},"title":"SIWC – An Exceptional Writers Conference in B.C.","author":"Diana Stevan","date":"19 \u0416\u043e\u0432\u0442\u043d\u044f, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"I\u2019m back from a wonderful holiday in the Maritimes. 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