Sounds like a dose alright.
I’ve been lucky insofar as the seminars/masterclasses I’ve attended have been pretty good .
A healthy dose of realism is fine but sounds like they really set out to discourage rather than offer advice of the pitfalls.
It’s a tough road for writers but you’ve gotta be in it to win it I guess.
It’ll be interesting to see how Lenny Abrahamson’s talk goes down in UCC Monday night.