“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