“I love having Isabel Allende give the lessons, she is amazing and extremely interesting. I have learned a lot and will start arranging my book when I finish the lessons. She is easy to understand and gives wonderful examples. I give her 5 Stars.
The only reason I gave a 4 star and not 5 is because of the computerized problems. She freezes al lot and its hard to understand. I repeat this has nothing to do with Ms Allende, its the programs they have used to present it. It freezes specially at the beginning.”
“I took Isabell Allende - Magical Storytelling course on BBC maestro. I am very happy I did it. Isabel Allende is not just great writer, but also great storyteller and her direct, encouraging way and fun she has while doing it is inspiring. I hope it will help me to finally write fictional history of my family and finish those short stories I started. This course is great fun, and I enjoy every minute of it. Love you Isabell, your intelligence, elegance in speech and courage to say everything as it is! It felt like talking to the best friend.
Mira S.”
“I find it easy to use. The courses and supporting materials are very well produced, as you'd expect, with big names in their field offering different perspectives and aspects of the topic. I have learned so much already, and look forward to exploring morse courses over the coming year.”
“I’ve already recommended bbc maestro to one of the world’s topmost academics in their field.
The person already writes but is interested in possibly migrating to a particular genre of fictional writing.
I reccomended bbc maestro due to how truly informative Isabel Allende’s tutorial on writing is .
In terms of technical process; she delivers specific instructions on how to approach certain aspects of writing.
Also in terms of how your process as a human being. Cognitive processing in a creative way. Also in terms of how such processing can be worked with when dealing with writer’s block for instance.
She also deals with affective processing. The part that emotion has to play in the art of writing.
All the above is delivered to the viewer as though it’s on a one to one basis, imparting a very personal tone to the relationship between her and you, which in itself is deeply impactful.
All of the above is delivered within the framework of her experience as a writer of huge success. A true maestro, and her wonderful experience is apparent in everything she says. This makes this viewer feel that I’m min very safe hands, and can trust the platinum standard advice the she is giving me. Immensely reassuring.
The tone and feel is further enhanced by the beautifully understated way that it has been filmed by the GLORIOUS BBC.
It’s been designed in a very consistent fashion, which helps to make the matter easier to assimilate. No intrusion of dramatic tripe of various kinds. It reeks of subtle, understated quality that thankfully is the BBC’s hallmark..
If BBC Maestro was a handsome, hairy, muscled, academic who could play the piano like Glenn Gould, I’d make him all mine.
See? Your course has paid dividends already.
It was this sort of angle I used when I reccomended BBC Maestro.
I’m looking forward to enjoying the rest in the collection.
Thank you for it.”
“Fun, factual and enlightening. I am loving the fiction writing course with Isabelle Allende and intend to take many more in the future. I am becoming more aware of how to create my novel, which is many years in the pondering and gaining confidence with every episode. The subscription is excellent value for money and I can watch each section at my own pace. Perfect for my busy and ecclectic schedule.”
“My opinion, so far, is mixed. I like the idea of BBX Maestro. But the first course I purchased was not what I expected it to be from the spin your promo copy presented. I've requested a refund, but you haven't responded to that request, yet. I'll give y'all another try, but not without some skepticism at this point.”
Hi Kodiak,
Thank you for your feedback. We value every BBC Maestro customer and we're sorry to hear you are underwhelmed with your purchase.
I have seen that you have reached out for a refund but this hasn't yet been actioned for you - I have reached out to our support team to ensure that this happens ASAP.
I hope this helps, perhaps you'd prefer to give another one of our great courses a try - you can view all of our courses here: https://www.bbcmaestro.com/courses. If you find one you like the look of, just let our support team know and they'll exchange your purchase instead of a refund :)
Best,
Zoe
“Big Alan Moore fan and his course is brilliant. Also the sleep better course has changed everything for the better. Will look at other writing courses, but I feel Mr Moore is getting me back on track after a writing hiatus.
John Dodds, author of The Kendrick Chronicles audiobooks from Blackstone Audio Inc.”
“Excellent. I undertook the vocal training, music production and songwriting courses. All were very good. The production of each of the courses was excellent. Very good value.”
“I was very disappointed in the Portrait painting course. The supporting text lists 27 lessons and 21 exercises which I believed would be of a practical nature. However, as I started the course the artist, whom I really admire, did nothing but sit and talk-for all 27 lessons! Some of the exercises were ridiculous. This was of no use to me whatever as I wanted demonstrations and practical tuition on how to paint portraits. BBC would not consider refunding me.”
Hi Sarah,
Thank you for your feedback. We value every BBC Maestro customer and we're sorry to hear you are underwhelmed with your purchase.
We'd love to give you the opportunity to try out another BBC Maestro course - we have so many great courses that I'm sure we have something else for you to enjoy. Please get in touch with our amazing customer support team at [support@bbcmaestro.com] to let them know if there's another course that interests you and we can get this exchanged for you.
Best,
Zoe
Hi Anatoli,
Thank you for your feedback. We value every BBC Maestro customer and we're sorry to hear you are underwhelmed with your purchase.
We'd love to give you the opportunity to try out another BBC Maestro course - we have so many great courses that I'm sure we have something else for you to enjoy. Please get in touch with our amazing customer support team at [support@bbcmaestro.com] to let them know if there's another course that interests you and we can get this exchanged for you.
Best,
Zoe
“I'm not that enthusiastic. Maybe I'm not far enough, but I think this is a waste of my money so far. It's quite unprofessionally recorded, looking into the wrong camera or into a book. Too bad, I expected more.”
Hi Joan,
Thank you for your feedback. We value every BBC Maestro customer and we're sorry to hear you are underwhelmed with your purchase.
We'd love to give you the opportunity to try out another BBC Maestro course - we have so many great courses that I'm sure we have something else for you to enjoy. Please get in touch with our amazing customer support team at [support@bbcmaestro.com] to let them know if there's another course that interests you and we can get this exchanged for you.
Best,
Zoe
“I have enjoyed the courses I’ve taken so far . They are gripping, well carried out and not boring at all.
Eric Vetro helped me a great deal as a singer and composer with his great experience .
“How to influence people” by Evy Poumpouras was more than fantastic . I go back every now and then to watch some chapters I need to reinforce and internalize from those courses.
I’m looking forward to listening to other courses I’m interested in .
Thank you BBC MAESTRO”
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