A.O. said:
“I learned three main things at ‘Simply Writing’:
- to distinguish between the fear of writing on a blank screen from the fear of writing on a blank page.
- techniques/prompts that will definitely help me with my writing
- that my descriptions generally work. Listening to my own work always makes me nervous. I feel shy about it. At this particular workshop, however, once the piece is read, I feel OK again. I know I am in a safe place. Feedback is given in a judgment-free, insightful way.”
Every time I attend one of these workshops it helps to improve my self-esteem as a writer. It helps to decrease my self-criticism, need for perfection, and helps me to concentrate on what needs to be done. I get real and stop fantasizing about how I should do the work.”