Testimonials from Past CWC Participants

“I went through a lot this last year and a part of me decided that writing just didn’t fit into the picture anymore, was too indulgent in the face of what life was handing me.  But I’d already registered and was responsible for a piece of CWC...So I came anyway, thinking I’d just go through the motions, but once I got here I was reminded by the whole experience [of] CWC...that there was another part of me, a more insistent and truer part of me that knew I had to write to be fully alive.  Without CWC, I know I wouldn’t have remembered this.”

“I went to my first CWC last summer. I felt a little nervous because I knew only one person in advance, but I found supportive, encouraging, caring writers just like I had at the residencies. The workshops were fascinating, and I had time to write as well. I returned home reluctantly—but filled with creative vigor. I have incorporated many of the strategies I learned, and I’ve been writing daily.”

“I wish CWC were tomorrow…”

“I’m always surprised and humbled when I return to Goddard, and am always offered what I most need by those around me: support, kindness and good cheer.”

“My brain was stimulated, I learned much, I laughed much. My heart was made full again.”

“I got what I came for, even if I didn’t know what that was until I got here.”

“I feel more a part of this artists’ community each time I come. I’m hooked.”

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