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Great read — inspiring me to start writing publicly!

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Totally with you! Write of Passage is the place for online writers to be. I will highlight one issue with WOP, there just wasn't enough time! I wanted to connect with everyone there, the conversations were always electric. Thanks for spotlighting David. He so deserves it.

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Loved reading this. This is really poignant writing that details the Write of Passage experience well. I found myself nodding along as I was reading 😊

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Thanks Brooke

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You captured the WOP experience perfectly. I’m so devastated it’s over but can’t wait to see where we all go from here!

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Thanks Anna. I'm sad too. :(

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Thank you for writing this. WOP has helped me upped my writing game and I 100% agree with your observation around David’s contagious energy. It’s so exciting to be around people who light up with the work they do. And the people David attracts to this course are similar in that way too

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Thanks Perzen. Yeah, the people are great - so much positive energy. I didn't touch on that in the article as much as I would've liked to, but the WoP fellowship is powerful. I'm sad it's over.

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Love this article Jeff and your transition from skepticism of WOP to full blow fan. I think you nailed the experience of WOP right on and I see a wonderful sparkle to your articles.

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thanks Tiff!

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Great job with this one, Jeff!

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Thanks Rahul 🤝

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Loving the Perell Principles. It was so great to meet you in the WOP hallways, Jeff. Hope to stay in touch!

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Thanks Becky. You too! Looking forward to staying in touch.

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Great summary of Perell Principles. As a fellow WoP 11, I sense many of us are writing to find ourselves.

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🙏

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So spot on

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Great piece Jeff! Your essay totally resonated with me. I also came into the course a bit skeptical but have been blown away over the last 5 weeks. I'm more excited than ever to keep writing online!

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Thanks Bennett! Glad it's been a good experience for you too.

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...awesome curation of an awesome dude...great work Jeff...so glad you found your way into this fellowship...

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Your feedback was awesome as always. Thank you!

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Your description of David’s efforts to teach introspective writing is impressive. I wish I was a creative writer and could participate. I’m a “C” English student.

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Thanks John. Writing can be fruitful for everyone, even C students. You just have to suffer through long periods of sucking at it, as with anything. Ha.

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Agree with you about David and the Write of Passage programme, great essay!

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Thanks! I'm glad it resonates with others in WoP. I'm like, phew :)

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Great article - very inspiring! I like the idea of writing to find oneself, and crystallizing thoughts and beliefs through writing. I’m going to consider this program thanks to you!

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Thanks Chris. It's super-fun. I think you'd enjoy it.

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Your essay turned out great! I love how you introduce David and WoP then guide us seamlessly to his work. Such a great piece for WoP to share and introduce more people to learn about writing through conversation. Awesome post!

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Thanks for all your support, Miche. You saw the sausage being made and your feedback was very helpful.

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