Robin's Roost Inc.

Trying to condense everything I learned in this class into a succinct review is impossible, but suffice to say that this course delivered on its promise to be an intensive workshop and did everything it promised in the description without any fluff. I really enjoyed both the exercises to grasp concepts and our longer project of writing a short story. The pace was quick but not overwhelmingly so, and it did a good job of keeping me motivated without having time to fall into second guessing myself. There's a lot of good information here on both structural and sentence level writing and the environment is very welcoming and nurturing to both newbie and more experienced writers. If you're on the fence, I'd suggest going for it. You'll be surprised at how much you learn and accomplish over one weekend!

For anyone thinking about signing up for this or any of Mary Robinette's courses, I can certainly recommend the value of doing so. It was great to journey through the entire Short Story process holistically, as it brought together many elements that you don't necessarily pull together organically from watching individual archived recordings or from relying purely on social media bitesize pieces. Thanks to this workshop, I now have a completed and fairly polished Short Story instead of still being trapped and languishing in a pit of self-doubt, lack of self-belief, and paralysis. I am not sure what's next for my writing, but this weekend has allowed me to see the fun and benefits of writing once more... and for that, I am truly thankful.

I can recommend this workshop to anyone interested in learning more about the writing process, especially for writing short stories. Mary Robinette made the entire intensive weekend a wonderfully informative and interactive experience for the attendees. Your active participation, creativity, and dedication to learning and writing will make this workshop a transformative experience that will positively impact your writing.

This course covers an amazing amount of ground in just a few days and does it in such a supportive, generous yet rigorous way. The 'Intensive' part of the title is for real. Applying the techniques in a logical sequence allowed every student in the class to build a story from the ground up. The feedback process gave everyone tools to elevate their work another notch - landing the ending better, deepening characters, answering questions an earlier version raised. On a personal note, this really got me unstuck and excited about bringing other story ideas to fruition. Cannot recommend it enough.

This class exceeded my expectations in every way. Mary Robinette Kowal over delivers. She is professional and attentive. Her teaching style, lessons and presentation allowed me to complete the workshop with a finished short story! M. R. took great care and thought in addressing my questions and concerns. She gave me tools to bring home that will enable me to revise my story and write another. M.R. was overly generous with her time, spending many hours teaching, guiding, and encouraging the small group. Now, I am out of excuses, so I will write! Thank you!