Online Workshop July 21, 22, 23, 24 Space is limited. Registration deadline June 21 REGISTER * LEARN MORE Words are power. If ever there was a time to advocate and honor the written word in service of justice and self-care, that time is now. Censorship is becoming the norm, important stories are being erased, and the deluge … Continue reading Creative Writing for Social Justice and Personal Wellbeing
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Fall Writing Groups &Workshops
Enroll now for online fall workshops and writing groups, starting in September:Workshops include instruction, writing prompts/ten minute free-writes and facilitated discussion of participants' work. Previous writing experience is not necessary, focus is on exploration, personal investigation, and discovery of each person’s unique writing voice. Creating Character: Characters show us who they are when we pay attention. This workshop … Continue reading Fall Writing Groups &Workshops
social distancing – time to write
In a time like this, writing can help us to transcend our circumstances, and to give us a sense of connection with the higher good. Write for the side effects, you'll feel better.
the truth in 100 words
Image by VIRGINIA THOMSEN from Pixabay "The truth will set you free, but not until it's finished with you." David Foster Wallace Have choices you made in the past led to consequences that are still working themselves out? When you look back on those turning points, have you felt that the truth was right there … Continue reading the truth in 100 words
Writing Magic in Minutes
Our most creative and original writing is often spontaneous and intuitive. Responding to writing prompts within a limited time frame can help you to write without over-thinking. This is why I offer fifteen minute writing prompts in workshops and classes.
Writing to Heal
We are the stories we tell ourselves. Image by Sabine Van Erp The stories we live become the stories we tell, and the stories we tell become the stories we live. What stories do you tell yourself? Are they reinforcing beliefs that no longer serve you? Writing can help us to heal by transforming the … Continue reading Writing to Heal
what shoes mean
Write the story that begins: "We arrive barefoot, and leave shoeless..." photo: ebszabo
advice recycled
Join these three women who think they are who they are not. One of them is relaying what she learned over the phone from the woman 'Giving Advice'in the previous post. Illuminate the story, relying purely on dialogue, showing how the original advice is recycled. photo: Sam Hood
art, science, mechanics
In 150 words, tell us how this: became this: Base your story on the premise: "this boundary we’ve created between humanity and our environment is artificial” by Bradley Cantrel
Bridge of Sighs
This enclosed bridge passes over the Rio di Palazzo in Italy, connecting the interrogation rooms to the Prigioni Nuove, the New Prison. It was named Bridge of Sighs by Lord Byron in the 19th century, because the view through stone grills was the last convicts saw of Venice before their imprisonment. Photochrom Print Collection Where … Continue reading Bridge of Sighs
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