The Short Story

See what people are saying

  • “I felt understood in my wish to write 🙂

    I feel very motivated by the workshop. It gave me confidence; I feel much richer in possibilities. That means the writing will come more easily. And probaby more often. As a matter of fact, I reviewed an old story of mine on Sunday evening, and I was really pleased with the result….”

    Erika, October 14, 2012

  • “Making time for this weekend’s workshop is the best thing I have done for myself in a long time. I need to do it more often. Regularly, in fact.

    I learnt that I can allow myself to start writing and then come back later to organize everything-that it doesn’t all have to make sense first time round.”

    Karen, October 14, 2012

  • “I started the class with lots of doubts about how it was going to go for me, given that I never managed to go beyond starting stories. But even before the second day of the workshop began, I found out that I could write a short story in Italian, translate it into English, revise it and meet the word count!”

    Virginia, October 14, 2012

  • “What did I learn from this particular workshop? More literary language. How to decipher the literary aspects of a text.

    I felt inspired… by the overall quality of the workshop; the professional guidance; the safe and comfortable environment; the humorous and relaxing—but sharp—methodology, which made it easy to stay focused.”

    Gisele, October 14, 2012

  • “I found these 2 days very encouraging. The workshop had a clear structure; questions were answered with a lot of care and passion; the time management was excellent; and it was a really nice international group of people.”

    Christine, October 14, 2012

  • “This is the first time I managed to write something with a story in it, with a beginning, middle and end…this workshop helped me to overcome my block.”

    Sri, October 14, 2012

  • “I learned writing fragments and later imagining a story seems to work better for me. I finished an imperfect story. But I finished it!

    I plan to write to discover a style of my own. I like to put words together, so that, once assembled, they sound beautiful.”

    Concetta, October 14, 2012

  • “I learned that short stories (which I’ve always avoided reading, let alone writing) have depth and can be very satisfying to write.

    I felt very satisfied finishing a first draft…I enjoyed the challenge of handing something in. The biggest revelation to me was that I didn’t have to have my whole story outlined in my head – that the story would reveal itself if I had the courage to simply write. This concept was a revelation!”

    Melissa, October 14, 2012