We at the Cape Cod Writers Center are pleased to announce that our participants hailed the 50th conference a great success!
Below please find a selection of the many fine comments we received.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
“The quality of instructors and workshops were outstanding, among the best I’ve seen anywhere.”
“The conference was very well organized – the variety of choices is exciting without being overwhelming. “
“ Great conference and nice venue.”
“Guest speakers were terrific and the parking was a blessing.”
“Thank you for another wonderful conference “
‘I hope to attend again next year!”
ABOUT THE FACULTY:
Suspense: Randy Peffer
“Excellent thoughtful Instructor.”
“I really enjoyed the amount of hands-on experiences.”
E book Registration – Brian Schwartz
“An inspiration to move forward in self-publishing.”
Digital Publishing: — Brian Schwartz
“Best course for the future of publishing “
“Very well-informed – in depth knowledge of subject gained by experience”
Digital Primer – Jenny Wiley
“Great, wonderful!”
The Dreaded Beginning - M. Hoover
*“Very knowledgeable about literary fiction”
“A real pleasure.”
On Plotting the Novel- Michelle Hoover
“Great organization overlaid with profound knowledge.”
“This is one of the best classes I’ve attended in any conference.”
Poetry: – Sam Cornish
“Sam is incredibly generous.”
Kickstart Your Fiction – Matthew Pearl
“Instructor was wonderfully helpful! “
“Lots of great advice, and inspiration I will definitely use in my future projects! “
Screeenwriting: -Jule Selbo
“Fabulous. A great combo of enthusiasm and ability to parse your story structure. “
Mysteries and Thrillers – C E. Lawrence:
“She communicates brilliantly, insight, enthusiastic and specific. …one of the best courses in anything I’ve seen. “
“Fabulously helpful – absolutely great! “
“Fascinating topic – great practical advice…wonderfully lively presentation”
How to Publish and Win Contests – Vivian Shipley
“It was really wonderful – A +.”
“She was truly a gift – a true poetry doctor, on top of her excellence as a teacher.”
Build Your Readership – Marilyn Allen
“Extraordinarily useful and entertaining”
Writing for Children – Karen Day
“Very great facilitator”
“Best writing course I‘ve ever taken…wish it had been longer”
“She was outstanding – so knowledgeable and good in her craft – and a good teacher as well. …I learned more about writing children’s books in this class than any class I ever took.”
Dialogue – Jamie Cat Callan
“I learned so much about excellent storytelling “
“I loved that we all got to write, share, and receive feedback. “
Show Don’t Tell – Jamie Cat Callan
“A whole new concept in writing.”
*“Techniques, ideas, encouragement, inspiration for bringing the language of the story alive and visceral.”
Flashback – Matthew Pearl
“Extremely talented as a teacher”
*“A great teacher….excellent, smart, responsive, modest, encouraging “
Art of the Query – Sorche Fairbank
“Sorche was challenging without being intimidating.”
Anatomy of a Book Deal – Anne Hawk
“Extremely knowledgeable and articulate”
“The information provided was eye-opening.”
“Anne had a great style, well spoken and well organized.. a pleasure. Excellent at answering questions.”
Finding an Agent or Publisher – Arielle Eckstut & David Henry Sterry
“Very informed, insightful, entertaining humorous, delightfully camp”
*“Great aura and communication”
*“Presenters were wonderfully engaged and enthusiastic”
“Husband/wife team were excellent”
“Tons of information and entertaining “
Copyright, Contracts and Legal Issues -Sara Beccia
“We need more of this! “
” I learned many things I needed to know about copyright.”
Historical Research – Peter Drummey
The individual projects and how to approach them were so useful done in the group – can apply to more than one project “
“Amazingly helpful, smartest man I’ve ever met.”
Young Writers, Poetry – Sheila McGuinness
“Absolutely…informative and helpful…I also got criticism in a way that didn’t hurt my feelings”
“I learned so much, it was excellent!
