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Perhaps not the easiest but definitely the most constructive and competent prof.

Workshops were very helpful for projects

One of the best English professors at UVic.

A demanding but EXCELLENT teacher - my work improved dramatically

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She is kinda sexy...

I love Lorna! ^____^ Hard marker, but she'll offer help when you need it.

she's my fave prof right now, she doesn't bs at all

Awkward when strictly lecturing but very kind, funny and realistic.

Great teacher, my english improved drastically.

you will find out if you really want to write. be open minded and let her teach.

Very articulate and friendly. Demands a lot but your writing will improve.

A writer. She knows what's good and demands your best.

She won't let us use talking dogs in our stories...what the hell!

A doppleganger of Poli Sci prof Pash.

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very helpful, she thought i had a disability so she helped me lots

Lorna is the Best. Entertaining+Brilliant

I agree - knows what's good and demands your best

Good teacher, high expectations

funny, friendly, knows her stuff.

Great prof, friendly to everyone though too many stories regarding Metchosin. Good marker and good knowledge of lit. Too much lit for a writing class though....

If you didn't do well in her class, you didn't deserve to do well. It's UNIVERSITY, guys!! There's no such thing as a teacher's pet. GO HOME! Every prof on campus respects her AND you if you take her class. To anyone considering her class: TAKE IT.

Lorna is absolutely my favourite prof! If you take her course, she'll do her best to answerr any questions, takes much care with her comments, and has really good taste in literature! a hardass, but that's what the writing world is filled with. live w/it!

she is a fair marker and really knows her stuff. if you work hard, you will get good grades. it has nothing to do with sucking up.

Lorna's great. She's tough, and that's how it should be. The purpose of WRIT 100 is to screen out those who can't take it, so suck it up if you want to improve.

Fair marker. Helpful and fun.

To me she was the right kind of tough: the kind that encouraged me to write better and get rid of the crap. Fair and encouraging.

Great instructor. Yes, she sometimes cuts a sharp edge. If you can't hack it, find another worthy instructor. There are many. She's one of them.

Lorna is one of the best profs I've ever had. I appreciated her honesty and acerbic wit and she went out of her way to help me. If you are willing to put your ego aside, she will make you a better writer. And if she inspires you to drop out of the fiction department, you probably shouldn't have been there in the first place.

She demands dedication, a willingness to learn something in craft. I had a story roughly criticized by her and other students; I didn't get bitter, I improved. This can be difficult. I can see why opinions are divided. However, if you wish to challenge yourself, take her class. If you're ego is fragile, go elsewhere.

Yes, people, she is tough, but she is also going to make you a better writer. Work hard and she'll help you a lot. Sometimes her comments might seem harsh, but only because she doesn't sugarcoat her criticism (and it's usualy on the mark). If you want to be a writer that can't handle being criticized, good luck with a failed carreer.

Lorna's class was inspiring and motivating. If you are committed to learning to write well, and to putting in hard labor, she will help in any way she can.

Lorna was my prof in the late 90s. I STILL look back at notes she gave me--and i am a published writer now, with two books out. I have been to UBC, Banff, and I have had editors from big presses copyedit my work. If you don't think Lorna is the**** and will make you a better writer--you don't know what you need. Trust her. Listen. Work for it.

She cares about writing, quality, teaching, and her students. She helped me develop a tougher skin in sharing my words and my writing improved hugely. I worked my butt off in her classes (I also took second year writing with her) - one of my most challenging and rewarding classes. She is honest and raw, like good writing should be.

Legendarily difficult professor will whip you into a real writer. Your friends in other classes might get A's but your work stands a chance of actually getting published once she's done with you.

Brilliant and fascinating and one of my favorite people ever. She is very very difficult but you WILL come out of the class a better writer!

She made me cry on two occasions. She's also the best Writing professor I have ever had. Take her class only if you care more about improving your writing than getting an easy A. You have to trust her though, and if you really want help you need to seek it out. Just having a 20 minute conversation in her office is enough to make you 10x better.

If you're looking for an easy A, don't take a class with her. If you want to be the best writer you can be, take as many classes as possible with her. Lorna's honest and doesn't pull any punches. She does it with the best intentions, and she knows what she's doing. It's insane how much better my writing is just after one class with her.

Lorna is incredibly tough but hard working. If she knows you want it she will go above and beyond to bring your stories to their full potential. Yes - she's terrifying, but very attuned to her students and cares. Praise I received from her meant so much and she inspired me to work 10x harder. Highly recommend for serious fiction writers.

You're right to be scared out of your wits. And you have a right to pitch a fit. But you're most right if you listen to every single word this woman says. About your writing. If you really want to write. She's sensational.

Tough but incredibly insightful. She turned everything I knew about fiction upside down and I am a better writer because of it.

If you seriously want -- and I mean WANT -- a career in writing, Lorna is an invaluable teacher. She challenged everything I knew about the craft and I'm leagues better than I used to be after one class with her than I was after 2 years through the writing program at Camosun. Want to be a standout writer? You need her. She's tough but incredible.

Lorna will never mince words when critiquing your writing. She tells it exactly like it is, so you can trust her criticisms to be accurate and her praise to be sincere. Her class is one of the most difficult I've ever done, but my writing has indisputably improved. Incredibly stressful course, so if you'd like to avoid that, don't take.