prompt: I've felt excited when I found out I had won a place on a prestigious creative writing course_comma_ taught by someone who I knew could help me in ways that I would I not be able to through self-study alone. 
utterance: Thank you for the kind words. You know what? It was_comma_ but not for the reasons I imagined! It turned out that everyone in the class developed a really close bond and while the advice from the teacher was wonderful_comma_ it was the lifelong friendships and mutual edits that the students do for each other that has proved equally special! 