Testimonials - In-person Workshops

The 90-Day Rewrite Master Class has taught me how to structure a novel so organically, with clarity, depth and specificity.

Roma Maffia (writer/actress)

I resisted my story for five years, with ‘good reasons’ to dodge the work. Al’s 90-Day Novel class changed that. The daily letters, stream-of-conscious writing exercises and tales of the other writers kept me focused, honest and committed. It was liberating to write without reflexive rewriting – a huge change for me! And fun to absorb the new characters who kept showing up. I surprised myself every day. Especially the day I finished. Thanks, Al!

Peggy Mulloy

Think of Al Watt and the 90-Day Novel as your seeing-eye dog: You know where you’re going, but Al makes sure you get there.

Litty Matthew (journalist)

Al Watt’s 90-Day Novel Workshop is worth every hour and every penny. By asking all the right questions, Al helps his students explore the depths of the stories they were meant to write. I now have a first draft of a novel that had languished in a drawer for many years. I can’t wait for the rewrite class to begin!

Marcy Ayanian

Al Watt is brilliant. The 90-Day Novel online workshop gave me the structure, support and guidance to finish the first draft of a novel I’d been struggling with for a decade. Al’s coaching gave me tremendous insight into the story and my characters, and the confidence that I actually could finish – which I credit as a minor miracle.

Laura Brennan (screenwriter)

Al Watt and his 90 day novel workshop have enabled me to FINALLY take the words I have been ‘writing’ in my head for the last 10 years and formulate them into something that actually appears to be sensible, meaningful and most of all OFF MY MIND and ON PAPER! {He is also very entertaining and an all around quality guy who wrote a f#%king amazing novel!}

Dana Kiper

For twelve years I struggled with writing my first novel. A friend encouraged me to sign up for the 90-Day Novel Online Workshop with Al Watt and I’m so glad I did. In 90 days I have written over 150,000 words. I feel confident and alive with my writing, and happily realized I have a fantastic trilogy instead of a single novel. Who knew? I guess Al did. Now I tell everyone about his online course. Thank you Al, you’ve genuinely changed my life.

Eddie Conner (Radio Host/Author)

Alan Watt is the teacher of teachers; authentic, a rare muse, your best enemy when you are feeling sorry for yourself, your guide through the muck of structuring your work, on the money, and last but certainly not least, spiritually evolved. Purely for selfish reasons I have mixed feelings about telling you how wonderful my experience has been in the 90-Day Novel Workshop. It is much more than a writing class. It is a gateway to artistic integrity. Enter at your own peril and glory, and shhhhhh, please don’t tell anybody.

Deborah Grant (90-Day Novelist)

I had always dreamed of writing something close to my heart, but resistance always got the best of me. Then I met Al. The 90-Day Novel Workshop was just the intensive atmosphere that allowed me to focus on quantity and through Al’s loving, supportive and nurturing spirit, we forged ahead as he assured us that the quality would take care of itself. Working out a structure so that I could be
free within that was key. Being free, in fact, is the key. There are no rules. I get to be an original. I am fully supported in a positive, loving atmosphere with like-hearted peers. There is no judgment here. I am so happy to have met Al. I must have been ready for the teacher, because he appeared and I am so grateful.

Julie Lancaster (actress/90-Day Novelist)

Where every other fantastic writing class/workshop gave me everything but practical technique with which I could apply to my writing endeavor, Al Watt’s 90-Day Novel Workshop delivered the goods, especially for working actors with a hint that they may be a writer deep down. Al helped me discover my gift and provided me with the tools to dig it out of procrastination and to win the war of art.

Shawn Michael Howard (actor/90-Day Novelist)