The Sunday

So the second day wasn't quite as amazing as the first day, but was still a great day.

The day kicked out on a bit of a downer, being severely disillusioned as to a popular author. The session 'Access all Ages' provided a lot of information which helped me to figure out my standpoints on certain topics though strongly disagreeing. It went to prove that the appreciation and enjoyment of the created content does not have to lead in to a appreciation of the person them self. She did provide a good basis of which approaches to writing a novel work, and moved to demystify the job of being an author.

'Not Drowning, Adapting' while good was somewhat dry. The stand out quote of the day can from this session however, and was in response to a question asking if the way news had spread to the internet meant if paper news was dying out. The response was simple yet oddly profound, "Since I started, people have been telling me it's over. It still isn't"

The third session of the day was the high point of the day and was quite amazing.'Words and emotions' was full of experiences which i struggle to put into words. The session was about the often passed over art of writing songs, and it was just a truly amazing experience.  There is a beautifully unique feeling to watching an artist play music, particular in a setting as intimate as it was that is just altering. The music was beautiful and the people were engaging.

The final session was on Game of Thrones and honestly seemed like a collection of people fangirlling over the TV series. Of the three panelist they haad not a one had finished the book series, and even the writing of the TV show and how it was adapted was only mentioned in passing. What could have been a great session discussing the pros and cons of Game of Thrones felt shallow and pointless.

All in all I had a fantasic weekend full of wonderful people and exciting events.It was an amazing experience, and I'm looking forward to hopefully going again next year.