I thoroughly enjoyed the Odyssey Online Course. The material covered, critiques received, and instructor challenged me to think about my writing in new and more in-depth ways. I know the experience is something that has changed my writing process and I’m excited to see all of the ways it will Read more…
Odyssey Online has been a fantastic way to make solid progress on my writing craft. Every assignment builds on what is taught in lecture, and each lecture builds on the assignments. I see huge improvement over the weeks of class and have a lot to move forward with to put Read more…
Odyssey’s Getting the Big Picture online course has been the best thing I have ever done for my writing. The course is excellent and I am going to be thinking about the course material for a long time to come. –ANGELA O’BRIEN-MALONE
Odyssey knows how to deliver instruction, and their online course on Scene and Sequel with Gregory Ashe took my writing to another level. I had read about Scene and Sequel in several sources, but it wasn’t until Greg broke down the process and helped me practice the techniques that this Read more…
I was looking for a course to really help me level-up my writing. Something beyond the usual how-to books and YouTube tutorials. Odyssey Online gave me what I needed in spades: the instructor was knowledgeable and helpful; the assignments were designed to help me grasp the material; there was just Read more…
The Odyssey Online course Scene and Sequel taught by Gregory Ashe was a great experience. I especially appreciated Greg’s enthusiasm, his willingness to share and discuss techniques both in and out of class, and the insights he gave me into using scene and sequel to hone my pacing. It was Read more…
I’ve taken two Odyssey classes over a couple of years. I now use the techniques I learned there for every story I write. Not only have those lessons been incorporated into the stories I’ve published since, but they have made me more confident in approaching any story I can dream Read more…
In Ashe’s Scene & Sequel intensive, I learned how to better decipher how some writers create page turners and how I can better do that myself. I’ve tried to decipher how favorite authors do it, but until this course, the usefulness of my analyses was more miss than hit. I’m Read more…
This class was a huge help in getting me to take a step back and figure out what my WIP is actually about. Barbara is supportive, knowledgeable, and kind. She has given me new tools to identify story problems and find innovative ways to fix them. The homework assignments challenged Read more…
This class has been an inspiring and transformative experience for me as a writer. . . Through assignments and examples, Barbara taught us how to think about stories in terms of the promise they make to readers, and then she gave us techniques for measuring whether our openings, conflict, scenes, Read more…