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Various Odyssey students have recorded their experiences at the workshop and their writing efforts since graduation. If you want to know what it’s like to attend Odyssey and what effect the workshop has had on those who have attended, you can read their accounts below.<\/span><\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Graduates’ Comments” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#71cff7″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” shape=”square” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fodysseyworkshop.org%2Fgraduate-experiences%2Fgraduate-comments%2F”][vc_btn title=”Graduates’ Publications” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#ffffff” outline_custom_hover_background=”#71cff7″ outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” shape=”square” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fodysseyworkshop.org%2Fgraduate-experiences%2Fgraduates-publications%2F”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1490271557584{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547754532325{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”20975″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Avione Lee” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

The Yellowbrick Writing Road<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Favione-lee%2F|title:Avione%20Lee”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”20260″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Marie Croke” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

The Breakdown of Being \u201cToo\u201d<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fmarie-croke%2F|title:Rebecca%20Kuang”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”27953″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Marc Emerson” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

How to Get the Most Out of Odyssey<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fmarc-emerson%2F|title:Marc%20Emerson”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547754532325{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”20252″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Vikram Ramakrishnan” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fjarbo%2F”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

The Reader Comes First<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fvikram-ramakrishnan%25ef%25bf%25bc%2F|title:Aleksandra%20Hill”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”20271″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”F. P. Rahe” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frebecca-kuang%2F”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

My Odyssey Experience<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Ff-p-rahe%2F|title:F.%20P.%20Rahe”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”20275″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Katherine McMullen Ya\u00f1ez” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Odyssey: A Storytelling Jumpstart<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fkatherine-mcmullen-yanez%2F|title:Katherine%20McMullen%20Yanez”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547754532325{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”20227″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Aleksandra Hill” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fjarbo%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

Explains how the Odyssey Writing Workshop helped her view her own work.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Faleksandra-hill%2F|title:Aleksandra%20Hill”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”20234″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Libby Barringer” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frebecca-kuang%2F”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2020<\/em><\/p>\n

Is Odyssey the Right Workshop for You?<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Flibby-barringer%2F|title:Rebecca%20Kuang”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”20237″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Malcolm Carvalho” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frichard-errington-2%2F”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

How Odyssey made him more aware of the nuts and bolts of the craft.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fmalcolm-carvalho%2F|title:Malcolm%20Carvalho”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547754532325{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11630″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Julian K. Jarboe” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fjarbo%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2018<\/em><\/p>\n

Explains how to know\u00a0when the time is right to attend\u00a0the Odyssey Writing Workshop.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fjarbo%2F”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”2392″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Rebecca Kuang” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frebecca-kuang%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

Explailns how Odyssey overturned some of her major assumptions about writing, filled her head with mind-blowing revelations, and gave her the tools to improve her writing.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frebecca-kuang%2F|title:Rebecca%20Kuang”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11633″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Richard Errington” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frichard-errington-2%2F”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes the experience of “writing out of our comfort zones, hitting deadlines, and bringing a new critical eye on each other’s pieces” and urges other writers to “Come to Odyssey and\u00a0discover the writer that you’ve always known you could be.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frichard-errington-2%2F|title:Richard%20Errington”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547754532325{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”16664″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Arley Sorg” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Farley-sorg%2F”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Class of 2014<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes how skepticism over whether he’d actually learn anything at the workshop quickly turned to surprise: “I was shocked by how much I had learned. I was disturbed by how much I hadn’t actually known. I was upended!”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Farley-sorg%2F|title:Arley%20Sorg”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1577″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”B. Lynch” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fb-lynch%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2015<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes the Odyssey\u00a0 experience-the hard work, progress, inside jokes, and camaraderie: “In these kind, funny, humble, caring writers,\u00a0I found kindred spirits\u00a0who spoke my hidden language.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fb-lynch%2F|title:B.%20Lynch”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11641″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Katherine Hall van der Vliet” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fkatherine-hall-van-der-vliet%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2013<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes the “revolutionary” experience of attending Odyssey 2013, how it taught her more than she learned in her university studies, energized her writing, and helped her reconnect with the craft.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fkatherine-hall-van-der-vliet%2F|title:Katherine%20Hall%20van%20der%20Vliet”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547754532325{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”27521″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Martin Larsson” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fmartin-larsson%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2011<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes the full impact of The Discovery that he made at Odyssey in “They Kept on to Their Journey’s End; or, Random Thoughts from an OdFellow, Class of 2011.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fmartin-larsson%2F|title:Martin%20Larsson”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11643″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Zoe Zygmunt” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fzoe-zygmunt%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2010<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes her epic quest to improve her writing, including the call to action, meeting the mentor, tests and trials, gathering allies, and returning with the elixir in “How I Spent My Summer Vacation; or, How Odyssey Changed My Life.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fzoe-zygmunt%2F|title:Zoe%20Zygmunt”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11202″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Meagan Spooner” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fmeagan-spooner%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2009<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes how she overcame her fear to make the most of her Odyssey experience and went on to sell six books in the two years following the workshop.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fmeagan-spooner%2F|title:Meagan%20Spooner”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547754532325{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3659″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Erin Hoffman” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Ferin-hoffman%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2005<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes the power of learning\u00a0“What You Don’t Know”\u00a0and how the lessons learned at Odyssey continue to help her years later.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Ferin-hoffman%2F|title:Erin%20Hoffman”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11647″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Gerald Warfield” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fgerald-warfield%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2010<\/em><\/p>\n

Relates some of the details of\u00a0living, surviving, and thriving at Odyssey\u00a0in “What It Was Like.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fgerald-warfield%2F|title:Gerald%20Warfield”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3656″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Rhiannon Held” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frhiannon-held%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2006<\/em><\/p>\n

Explains how\u00a0“Learning to Learn”\u00a0at Odyssey made all the difference.hop.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frhiannon-held%2F|title:Rhiannon%20Held”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547754532325{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”27902″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Peter Simonson” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fpeter-simonson%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2009<\/em><\/p>\n

Explains how he learned answer to questions he didn’t know he needed to ask in “Moments of Odyssey.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fpeter-simonson%2F|title:Peter%20Simonson”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11652″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Sherry Peters” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fsherry-peters%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2005<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes how Odyssey\u00a0helped her overcome her biggest challenge: procrastination.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fsherry-peters%2F|title:Sherry%20Peters”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11653″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Jason S. Ridler” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fjason-s-ridler%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2005<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes his efforts to put everything he learned at Odyssey into one story, in\u00a0“To Experiment is to Grow.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fjason-s-ridler%2F|title:Jason%20S.%20Ridler”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547754532325{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11654″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Rebecca Shelley” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frebecca-shelley%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2001<\/em><\/p>\n

Explains how lectures, guests, and critiques all combined to help in her goal of\u00a0“Getting the Vision onto the Paper.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Frebecca-shelley%2F|title:Rebecca%20Shelley”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11655″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Lane Robins” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Flane-robins%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 1999<\/em><\/p>\n

Relates her experiences in college creative writing workshops and\u00a0compares what she learned in them to what she learned at Odyssey.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Flane-robins%2F|title:Lane%20Robins”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1105″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Barbara Campbell” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fbarbara-campbell%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2000<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes her struggle to get her first novel into publishable shape and how Odyssey helped, in “Odyssey: A Never-Ending Experience.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fbarbara-campbell%2F|title:Barbara%20Campbell”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1547754532325{border-radius: 4px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”1364″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Elaine Isaak” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Felaine-isaak%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 1997<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes how she learned to write short stories at Odyssey, and how the feedback she received eventually led to the publication of her first novel, in\u00a0“Sculpting with Words: My Odyssey Experience.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Felaine-isaak%2F|title:Elaine%20Isaak”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11658″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”David J. Schwartz” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fodysseyworkshop.org%2Fabout-the-workshop%2Fworkshopping-at-odyssey%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 1996<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes the workshopping process\u00a0at Odyssey, to give prospective students a sense of what to expect.\u00a0If you are applying to Odyssey, you should read this article, whether you have participated in other workshops or not.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fodysseyworkshop.org%2Fabout-the-workshop%2Fworkshopping-at-odyssey%2F|title:Workshopping%20at%20Odyssey”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11659″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”James Hall” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fjames-hall%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2001<\/em><\/p>\n

Gives an account of the workshop in a\u00a0weekly series of articles\u00a0written for\u00a0Blue Ear Books.<\/p>\n

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Class of 2000<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes the structure and workload of the workshop in “Odyssey 2000: Experience of a Workshop.”<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Flaurie-lanzdorf%2F|title:Laurie%20Lanzdorf”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11663″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_outline” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Carl Frederick” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fcarl-frederick%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 2000<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes\u00a0what he learned\u00a0from Odyssey, and how his workshop experience helped him become a first-place winner in\u00a0The Writers of the Future\u00a0contest.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fcarl-frederick%2F|title:Carl%20Frederick”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”26088″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=””][vc_custom_heading text=”Carrie Vaughn” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fcarrie-vaughn%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 1998<\/em><\/p>\n

Reveals the\u00a0most important thing\u00a0she learned at the workshop, and how that insight has led to a string of fiction sales.<\/p>\n

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Class of 1998<\/em><\/p>\n

Attended Odyssey and previously attended the Clarion Writing Workshop, compares the two workshops in an article, “Clarion versus Odyssey,” written for Speculations<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n

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Class of 1998<\/em><\/p>\n

Describes his\u00a0experience\u00a0of the workshop (at the age of 17) and how it helped lead to his two-book deal with Tor (at 18).<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read More” color=”info” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fstephen-chambers%2F|title:Stephen%20Chambers”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”11668″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_border” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_custom_heading text=”Julia Duncan” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.odysseyworkshop.org%2Fjulia-duncan%2F”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Class of 1998<\/em><\/p>\n

Wrote an in-depth article about attending Odyssey in 1998, being critiqued by writer-in-residence Harlan Ellison, and what she learned from it, in “Harlan’s Week at Odyssey.”<\/p>\n

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Class of 1997<\/em><\/p>\n

Attended Odyssey’s first session and tells of her progress at the workshop and since then, in both short and long fiction.<\/p>\n

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