“Al’s approach is brilliant and his heart is in the right place. He empowers students with amazing tools and techniques to uncover their own creative genius and he does this with humor and great sincerity.”

Eddie Conner

“With Al Watt, writing becomes an alchemical process of the soul, an exploration of the mystery of our humanity. Structure provides a sacred space within which characters develop and transform and plot is a function of the character’s fate and destiny. It is a beautiful experience, a dance with the unconscious as creative partner.”

Raina Manuel-Paris, Ph.D.

“Al Watt is not only a gifted writer but a wonderful teacher. He is attentive, insightful, and a whiz with structure. He has thought deeply about the writing process. A pleasure and a privilege.”

Dave Voda (author/English professor)

“What Alan teaches is profound… and it’s very hard work… and it’s hard to get a handle on… but when you commit to it, and dedicate yourself to the process, it starts to seep in as your story starts to seep in… and before you know it, your story is telling you what it wants to be, just like Alan says it will. And as you’ve been, all the while, anchoring your vision to the structure questions, you finally realize how this has contributed to the vibrancy, the wins and losses, that roller coaster ride, that every true and good story thirsts for.”

Glenn Ripps (screenwriter/director)

“Alan Watt has the uncanny ability to help me find the story I know, the one deep inside waiting to find the light of day.”

Mindi White, (screenwriter and author of Getting Past Me: A Writer’s Guide to Production Company Readers)

“Al is a unique and brilliant teacher. He has an uncanny ability to draw out the story that is in your heart.”

Cathryn Deprume (actress/screenwriter)

“I’ve been to every workshop on the planet and there’s no one who can ‘see’ the writer in you, the way Al does. I had never written a word in my life and now I’m seriously writing my first book thanks to Al.”

Kitty Stuart

“Alan Watt has this amazing ability to help you to understand your story and characters in a way that makes your entire project more dynamic, cohesive, and fulfilling. To watch other writers’ stories develop in the environment of the workshop and Alan’s careful approach of asking the right questions and getting writers to overcome blocks of which even they may not initially be aware is quite engaging in itself. To then feel that same transformation take place in your own writing and story is a feeling that is beyond words.”

Lisbeth Bosshart (author/attorney)

“Al Watt has a knack for helping you understand your story by asking just the right, but not necessarily expected, questions. His deeply personal insights and organic approach to creativity give an intimate and inspiring spin on the process of writing the classic three-act story. It’s a special gift that he’s been able to transform the typically solitary act of writing into such a richly rewarding shared experience.”

Sandy McDaniel (writer/designer)

“I feel like there is hope and I just may be able to push past whatever is keeping me from writing to actually writing without editing myself back to a blank page!”

Brenda Knutson