Paul Sochaczewski

You always meet such interesting people and cannot help being inspired by what they have to say and write - you want more! Anna Sudnik

Paul helps people to walk the talk, even better, he puts up signs, hands out maps and gives directions. Elli

A large, comfortable safe fun day and to experiment and delve into one's own writing style with such a nice group. C. Brazak

Excellent way to develop confidence in writing in a 'safe' environment. Mary Cooper

Never give up on your writing skills. This workshop will inspire you to start and to use your imagination. Carole Barnerias

Thanks for all the magic.You are a master magician. Creating the space and security wher each one of us could follow our own bumpy road to writing. I'm looking forward to many bumps and delves, bypasses and unexpected turns. Rebecca

Thanks to you for helping me to write about myself. You helped to erase several decades of inhibition - and enjoy the experience. Ginny

I want to say a HUGE thank you for last week. It was magic - again. I liked the different way you ran the course this time and feel as if I came away with a lot more understanding of technique. Thanks too for all the extra time you gave me and for editing my piece, and for the moral support. This workshop gave me the courage to write things I would never normally write about. It shifted a year long writer's block.
Wendy Konyn

Really enjoyable, stimulating, warm, caring and fun environment. A wonderful mix of 'learning' and enjoyment.
Roisin Boyd

A useful writing workshop in a beautiful setting that will inspire, encourage and make you remember why you wanted to write in the first place.
Michelle Madhoek

Exploring the Personal Odyssey. University of Hawaii Summer Session. July 1998

I enjoyed having Paul as an instructor. He enlightened me in letting me know that I can write.
Carrie S. Zueran

Paul has energized and inspired me to do more writing than I've ever done.
Tracy Pattin

My writing has become a meditation. A calming influence in my life. Your seminar - what a change! Bless you to your soles.
David Amdal.

The whole week's experience has had a major impact on my life and for that I am truly grateful. The writing retreat in Los Molinos is on my list of must haves in life. An excellent course in an idyllic setting. Great food, great mates, great fun. Paul's an excellent teacher and I learned a lot. I'm still missing it and can't wait to go back.
Wendy Konyn

I have attended several of Paul's workshops and have never failed to leave without feeling thoroughly energised and stimulated. He is a wonderful catalyst for generating creative writing, and has found delightful settings for his workshops, which are well planned, well paced, and well-executed. I recommend them highly.

The creative dynamic of the group was awe inspiring. I discovered a level of self expression and sharing that I had never known before, and made friends of the sort I thought I would not be able to make in a lifetime. My writing took on a strength and importance in my life that I could not have foreseen. The riches of the "Majorcan Experience" still continue to arrive at the door of my writing soul by the truckload!. Many Thanks.
Sam Bloomfield

Thanks so much. I like your teaching method and appreciate the clarity and depth of your comments.
Liana

Appreciate Paul's concern that we make use of every minute in class for instruction and learning. Also appreciated Paul's use and choice of music to loosen our creative juices.
Marie Enjii

Great use of time and effort...learned more than I thought I could in four sessions
Portia Fukuoka

Conducive to self discovery, honest critiquing that benefited me and everyone, I think.
Pam Gibson

The course forced me to write and I know that I have something to say, Paul makes it happen.
Alan Goto

Paul combined respect and gentleness, with constructive commentary. This is a remarkable combination.
Clara Radcliffe

Great session, great instructor, good group - supportive and interactive. It's not often that everything comes together as they did in this workshop. My needs were well met by Paul's agenda. I'm back on track towards completing a number of pieces that have resided, in scattered bits, only in my mind. Mahalo, for a terrific experience.
Gail Picard

The atmosphere was warm and inviting. The music stirred the creativity. The entire day was relaxing, fun, motivating and stimulating. It was an all around "feel good day"!
Sherry Fiaux

My first workshop with Paul was exhilarating, encouraging sometimes daunting and definitely to be continued!
Sarah Browne

Paul's workshops are like a fix. I leave feeling great and wanting more!
Tom Rosenfield

I was curious, but what I found surpassed all my expectations. I wrote what I felt, and I felt at home as if English were my mother tongue.
Martin Speich

WWYF/FWYW helped me get in touch with authentic aspects of myself, express them, share them, unlocking my natural style of writing.
Mary Ann Bratschi

"I thoroughly enjoyed the day in Lavigny - the setting, the ambiance, the pace, the group, the content and the leader. It was as if something predestined that I should be there. The day was done with great care and non judgmental. I was surprised by how much one can write in such short spaces of time. Lavigny has given me a confidence, liberated an energy to write. My article [submitted to the Times] was entirely about the importance of feelings…It was in no small part due to you and a little help from Panda [writing principles].
Robin Gray

This was my first experience in a workshop of this type; I've noticed specific things in the approach I came with and am going away with a different view.
Irma Morimoto

Very enjoyable and useful. I feel it will get me started again. A day of hard work, imagination and fun. MORE!
Livia Varju

By the fire, or under the blue sky, a beautifully rewarding experience.
Anita Renaud

Exploring Personal Odyssey-Weekend. Hotel Les Balances. Switzerland. 1-3 November 1996

Thanks immensely for giving so much of yourself. It really made a difference to me. I have been doing a lot of thinking, not only about my writing, but about the way I approach things.
Cindy Shantz

I am still relishing all the different experiences and feelings I went through. It was well done and your time effort and gentle way was much appreciated. When I got home last night I was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion. It was not a bad feeling, but one of having reached a great emotional high. You have a good thing going.
Anna Sudnik