Barbara Barnett-Stewart

ALLISON LIEVANO

This course definitely helped me develop a different approach to reading and writing stories. I now feel more capable of building emotional and effective scenes that fulfill a purpose within a piece. This course has been a very significant part of my writing journey. It has broadened my writing toolbox. Read more
By Barbara Barnett-Stewart, ago

ALISON COLWELL

I was lucky enough to take Barbara Ashford's class: "One Brick at a Time." The scope of material covered was huge. I have dozens of books on writing on my bookshelves, but I learned more in a month, from Barbara's clear, concise, on-point, and funny lectures, than I learned from Read more
By Barbara Barnett-Stewart, ago

KODIAK JULIAN

Barbara Ashford's One Brick at a Time has changed my approach to writing scenes. With organization, humor and enthusiasm, Barbara laid out ways to think of the promise a story makes to the readers, ways to hook the reader, ways to deepen the conflict and raise the stakes, and how Read more
By Barbara Barnett-Stewart, ago

ERIS YOUNG

One Brick at a Time has already had a noticeable impact on my writing: the scenes I wrote or revised while taking the course are tighter, more purposeful and propulsive, and I am looking forward to incorporating Barbara's and my classmates' critiques during the revision process. The course itself is Read more
By Barbara Barnett-Stewart, ago

Interview: Graduate Leah Henderson

Leah Henderson is a Your Personal Odyssey graduate and the author of many critically acclaimed books for young readers, including The Magic in Changing Your Stars, The Courage of the Little Hummingbird, and Together We March. She holds an MFA in Writing and is on faculty in Spalding University’s graduate writing program. Because she has Read more
By Barbara Barnett-Stewart, ago