When I was in college, I always judged a professor not by what she said about herself, but what her students said about her.
Why should you sign up to take the Story Cartel Course? Why should you join a writing community with more than 200 writers and growing?
Good question. Let’s hear what the students are saying:
“I have a whole new literary family.”
When I asked her what she got out of the course, she said, “I have a whole new literary family. That’s gold. This family has given me support, encouragement, a small bucketload of wonderful reviews, and helped me edit a novella that has made it to finalist status in a literary competition…. I’m a member for life.”
“I’ve published two books.”
Jeff Elkins, an author and blogger from Baltimore, says about the course:
“Before taking the Story Cartel Course, my writing was shy and riddled with self-doubt. The Story Cartel Course helped me discover my voice and taught me how to share it with confidence. The Story Cartel gave me the tools to be heard in a noisy world. Since joining the Cartel, I’ve published two books and have many more to come. I owe my pursuit of writing to the Cartel. It radically changed my life. I will always be grateful.”
“All I had to learn to do was write authentically.”
“Taking part in the course showed me that feelings are universal,” she says. “All I had to learn to do was write authentically enough to stimulate curiousity and touch hearts.”
The course also inspired her to re-publish her first book,Learning To Fly, which was downloaded over 200 times in a month, and to submit three of her stories to a traditionally published anthology releasing in October, all of which were chosen for publication.
The main benefit of the course though, she says, is the community of other writers “who support me while pushing me forward and calling me out when I’m not being honest.”
“I’ve learned to act like [a writer].”
Alex had only ever shown his writing to a few close friends. The Story Cartel Course inspired him to not only share his writing, but to take it seriously enough to start a website, create a Twitter account, and begin building relationship with readers online.
“Like many others I aspire to be a Writer,” says Alex, “so I’ve learned to act like one, and that means publishing (acknowledging that “publish” can take many forms).” He is currently polishing his first novel for publication later this summer.
“I am closer to my goal of publishing.”
“Instead of being one more item to an already busy schedule, it helped me to refocus and facilitate my writing project as I move toward publication.”
Her biggest fear was asking friends, family, and blog readers to read her memoir and give feedback. “I guess I’m one of those self-promotion-phobic people,” she told me. However, after being prodded to ask people for feedback by the course, she was surprised at how many people stepped forward to help. She’s now several steps closer to publication.
“I feel like I am closer to my goal of publishing as a result of this course. And I know I have expanded my network of fellow writers and options for promotion and marketing once I do publish.”
“Now, I not only know I’m a writer, I feel like one, too.”
“Before the course, I thought of myself as a person who liked writing, period,” she says. “Now, I not only know I’m a writer, I feel like one, too.”
Ready to get started?
Now that you know what students like you are getting out of the course, are you ready to join the community?
If you’re ready to begin, we would love to have you join the Story Cartel Course community and become a fellow Cartelista.