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Some Feedback from Our Participants -

March 2011 – The Short Story

I enjoyed the Saturday course very much and thought it was the best yet.Thank you all, for the preparation and the hard work during the day.The food was good too!

Thank you so much for the Conference on ‘The Short Story’.  As usual, it was so professionally produced and by the end of the day, I felt inspired to go away and write my own.  Until then, I hadn’t really thought too much about short stories as I was deeply entrenched in my own ‘novel’.  The day was fantastic, as usual.  The surroundings are brilliant and the food delicious and the course members are enthusiastic.  Wendy, Gillian and yourself work so hard to produce a day that is inspiring and rewarding and I really appreciate the hard work that you put into it.  It really made me think deeply about short story writing.

Thank you so much for all the preparation you, Wendy and Gillian did to make Saturday the success it was.  I learned a great deal.  My short story – Forbidden Path – is now a more convincing read

 

This was my second “writing experience” and equally enjoyable and informative. I realize that I have entered into an apprenticeship which is new, extremely interesting and exciting. One which I never dreamed I would undertake! Hopefully at some point graduation will occur!!

 

Please express my appreciation to Wendy, Avril and of course to yourself for a splendid day.

I look forward to attending Avril’s writing group and to seeing you at the Oriental Museum in April.

 

March 2010 One day Conference

Just to say thank-you once again for a lovely day on Saturday. We seemed to cover a lot of ground at quite a pace – all useful stuff as always. I spent a day writing yesterday and was thinking carefully about dialogue and adding some ‘business’. I’ve also had a major re-think about my beginning, all as a result of what we talked about on Saturday. Being introduced to Alice Hoffman has been a real treat too – I think we owe that one to Gillian?! Much love, Jackie

Thank you for the injection of inspiration into my writing.  I thoroughly enjoyed our time at Whitworth Hall and already I’m looking forward to the next one.Once again the Room to Write experience was informative and interesting, and enjoyable. Meeting with like minded people never fails to motivate my writing. Hilary

I feel I must write and tell you how much I enjoyed the March Conference in that sunny conservatory at Whitworth Hall.The day was a great success, thanks to you and Wendy preparing such a full programme and to Gillian’s organising skills.I look forward to the next session.Eileen.

Thank you so much for a wonderful conference on 13^th March.  It was good to see everyone again and to meet Colleen for the first time.   The day was very stimulating and rewarding….and the session on ‘Dialogue’ taught me so much.

Geraldine

I mentioned in my previous post that I was venturing out of the city for a writing-focused retreat sponsored by the organization Room to Write.  I truly don’t think that I can duly convey what the experience came to mean to me and will not attempt to do so–rather, I will hold that close to my heart and simply say that I had the privilege of being brought into the fold of some of the loveliest, most accomplished, talented, yet modest and genuinely good-natured  folks with whom I could have ever interacted.  Sipping tea with them in the conservatory of a Victorian country estate amidst an endless supply of sandwiches, scones, and fruit on a day colored by blue skies, green gardens, and brown deer was sheer heaven…it’s so me (in my dreams), and I could have pinched myself.  Hopefully my Midwest American accent was not as piercing on their ears as the sun was in our eyes (Of course not Colleen – we loved having you and loved the accent too – not in the least ‘piercing’)

Colleen – read more on  her blog – fallenmonkey

November Weekend Conference Dear Wendy, Avril and Gillian -What can I say? The weekend was wow!! Thank you all so much for your wisdom, imagination and attention to detail. It is Monday morning now and I wish I was still with you all in that lovely room! Jackie

Roomto write proved spacious–capacious, palatial, expansive, open -and every other meaning of the word.Thank you for a really memorable weekend. All the expectation boxes ticked and all due to your hard work and commitment and plain willingness to not spare yourselves to make it a success.

It was good to meet other like-minded folk in such a lovely place and learn from the interaction.Thank you all very much for  making Nov7th-8th  such memorable days in the year - Erica

Just a short email to convey my great appreciation to you, Wendy and Avril for running such an inspirational and well organised week-end; it was incredibly informative, yet great fun for everyone who attended

thank you for making me feel so very welcome at Whitworth…  You have all managed to get me back on a creative frequency; thank you for the great amount of time you devoted to all of us in the group - Mike

Thank you for all the work you did to make the weekend so enjoyable.  The workshops were excellent – the ground covered was extensive and all of it was useful.  I came away feeling motivated to plough on with my editing and rewrites. I think everyone enjoyed themselves, I know I did.  Once again, many thanks, Hilary