Terri creates such a positive and comfortable environment for writers. Her knowledge about the craft of memoir and her thoughtful feedback on everyone’s work helped me improve my writing. Terri facilitates excellent discussions between writers. I just had a piece published that was written in her class this past fall and I’m excited to take another workshop with her this spring!
I have every confidence students lucky enough to study with Terri Linton will walk away enriched and inspired. Terri sees to the heart of motherhood with the same searing writer’s gaze she turns on every human experience, bringing depth of insight, precision of observation and utter compassion to our most painful and joyful moments. As a teacher, Terri will lead students towards their personal version of what she does so well — finding truth through distilled imagery, poetic allusion and musicality on the page.
Terri’s style of teaching is phenomenal. I’ve taken two classes with her so far, and have benefited from her broad base of knowledge and expertise. She shared numerous readings and prompts with the classes that were instructive and generative. Terri is able to find a balance between sharing her perspective and giving space to the students to share their thoughts and their work. And she creates a supportive space where writers of all backgrounds can express themselves and feel heard. I highly recommend her classes and can’t wait to learn from her again!
Terri's courses foster a lovely writing community and her prompts never fail to encourage me to generate work that transforms into complete essays I am proud to share with the world!Laur