Having recently completed the online course, I was grateful to have direct access to both Emmanuel, other writers and creatives for a number of days. Emmanuel is a natural host and our initial meeting in person, immediately put my anxiety at ease. During the first day of introductions and pitching, I found value in listening to others in the group, even though our own project was at a different stage.

Each days session’s were well structured and immensely useful in that they gave adequate time for us to think and work out some initial problems and barriers. Figuring out the type, style and ambition of the story we wanted to tell, was the jumping off point for our project and we were afforded the time to do this in a safe environment, and with plenty of support. These sessions also gave me to opportunity to acknowledge my own personal writing style. Having the time and space to have real conversations and focus exclusively on our project was a huge help. It is not something we frequently get a chance to do and it was the turning point needed to move our project forward.

I am very grateful for the opportunity it has given me to focus on my own writing style, while having the additional support of the course and lessons learnt during the workshop as backup and reference to, for when we get to that stage with our script.