What writers say

"He was able to draw out of me what I wanted from the story without setting any terms for me. He would listen, ask questions and reiterate until it became clear."

"The writing advice he gave me was the extra nudge I needed to really feel confident in my ideas, to hone in on them and trust their interplay and organic development."

"Organic feedback, that's how I've come to think about it. Feedback that is productive without being critical."

"The atmosphere is such that people can feel comfortable bringing very new and unedited work. And getting feedback that focused on the positive does allow a writer to see where the energy is in a given piece and what direction to go in."

"Critiques of my personal project were structured, far from hard to hear, inspired me to work more and get it done, helped with organization and vision."

"You have pushed me, in love, to places beyond my comfort zone… In all, however, I've found growth and wonder."

"My novel was literally transformed in a day. I expected the block I had been feeling to go away, but I didn't expect the floodgates of creativity to open as they did."

"The goal writing and creative exercises helped me to find my writing voice again; it had been buried for a few years and now I've got it back."

"I wrote more in two weeks than I did in my first year of my MFA."

"In three weeks I was able to add another 100 pages to my novel and complete a collection of short shorts. The casual evening critiques offered necessary feedback on work that I was just starting."

"It helped me to focus my priorities, remove writer's block, and provide much needed clarity to the writing and to life."