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"Working with Rebecca Segall at Writopia was among the most rewarding intellectual adventures my children have ever had... She cultivated a love of language and ideas, and made them feel safe to write with real honesty about their passions and their inner life... They spent hours with her in small seminars of their peers, and left hungry for more."
--Barton Gellman, Pulitzer Prize Winner,
2008 and 2002, Washington Post Reporter, and Ferris Professor of Journalism at
Princeton University
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The workshop environment is always fun, creative, and friendly. We all immensely enjoy reading one another's pieces, and receiving the great feedback we get from Rebecca and each other. In just five days of three-hour sessions (sometimes running a little late due to the fact that we were so engrossed and did not want to leave), I have been able to hone my humor and science fiction stories... perfect poems... and have been so enthusiastic about gaining constructive responses that I have written memoirs from scratch... I will definitely be coming back for more seminars.
-- Lily Gellman, 8th Grade, Heschel Middle School, 2008 Scholastic National Gold Keys Winner for Humor, Science Fiction, and Poetry, and Silver Regional Key Winner, Memoir
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"When Rebecca makes a suggestion, she is not offended if you don’t
agree. She listens and considers your perspective as the writer... Rebecca
is an awesome (for lack of a more specific word of praise) editor and
writer, and an equally amazing person. The gift of working with her
is a double bonus – her amazing skill as a writer and editor,
and her warm, smiling, funny personality."
--Noa Bendit-Shtull, 15, Bard College High School, Scholastic Silver Keys Winner for Short Story and Poetry, 2008 and Scholastic National Gold Key Winner for Short Story, 2006. Check out Noa's story HERE
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"My daughter loved learning to write
with Rebecca...Rebecca inspired her to write award-winning fiction.
Long after working with her, my daughter continues to write with great
enthusiasm."
-- Ora Shtull
Mother of Scholastic Writing Competition 2006 National Gold Key winner
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