WHAT THEY SAID

Dark Angels courses touch people in all sorts of different ways. Here are some of the things that students have said to us afterwards:

"There is something very powerful in learning so much, without a sense of having been taught. A windswept mountain, eleven strangers and communal bathrooms was never my idea of a great time. How wrong I was. Imagine a combination of The Big Chill, Dead Poets Society and Braveheart. That's the Moniack experience. Somehow, and imperceptibly, John and Jamie wove together the people, the place, and the power of words. The week at Moniack went straight into my treasure box of memories."

"I can't find the words to do justice to what the course has done for me except to say that I came away from Scotland a different person, and it wasn't just the long walks and the fresh air that did it. "

"... the course has re-ignited a proper passion in me. I am so excited about exploring all the different ways in which I can express myself through words; it's as if I've peeled on a new pair of eyes."

"... and another big thank you for helping me rediscover how much fun writing in our wonderful language can be."

"Thank you both for a fantastic week. I got so much out of it, both personally and professionally."

"Thanks again for an  inspiring and useful week ... Poetry's more fun than I'd expected. Now I can't seem to stop writing it (exactly as I'd feared!)."

"An extremely productive and invigorating week."

"It was an experience I'll remember for the rest of my life, and a bit of a personal epiphany, if that doesn't sound too grand. I wasn't sure I was brave enough to sign up – and I approached the course in a state of blind panic. But I'm so glad I came. Within an hour of returning, after an eight hour journey, I was writing. First thing the following morning, before I did anything else, I started writing. It certainly lit a spark in me."

"The combination of inspiration, wordy trials, communal life and shared experiences is an unbeatable one."

"I haven't been able to stop writing since I came back. Seriously. I get up early to do it now. I had visitors all day Saturday and was getting quite itchy for them to leave, as I hadn't written anything all day."

"I just wanted to thank you for running a fantastic and inspiring course.  Blessed by a wonderful setting, perfect weather and a great group of writers, it's an experience I will continue to treasure."

"A big thank-you for a wonderful week last week: challenging, thought-provoking, inspiring and extremely stimulating. If you could bottle that feeling you'd make a million!"

"The course was beautifully designed; it pushed hard but never stopped being fun."

"It really was, without exaggeration, a real treat."

"The course didn't only make me think about creative writing in a different way - it made me think about language itself in a whole new light. One of the most rewarding and inspirational weeks I've spent anywhere, ever."

"By far the most rewarding course I've ever been on."

"A fantastic week. It reawakened the writer and reader in me."

"I went home feeling really inspired, with the determination to write more for myself, as well as at work."

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