There’s energy in reckoning the beginning of a new season. Plants have come through their summer cycle and we can refresh plantings for a different set of conditions, whether that be a late harvest in San Francisco, or an early frost in Vermont.
This workshop takes a cue from our resilient and intelligent landscapes and explores how we can inhabit our own cycles as writers with curiosity and deep listening.
One way this idea of cycles can translate to writing could be in thinking about a piece that you’ve been writing for a while and have maybe set down, picking that up again and inquiring into what it might still be holding for you.
You are welcome to bring an existing piece of writing to work with, or to write directly from the exercises.
About the Series
Fall 2021 INTENSIVES: Restorative Writing Series
These workshops are designed to bring new energy to your writing. Each session offers a nourishing context and provides camaraderie to refresh your perspective and help you find points of entry. The structure for these workshops is inspired by one-day sittings in Zen practice, attuning to the rhythm of different modes of concentration throughout the day. The schedule allows ample time for writing, both in guided exercises, and on your own. We’ll cultivate a stable and responsive circle of attention.
Each participant will have opportunities to read their work and discuss aspects of their process throughout the day. Guided writing exercises will offer practices and prompts that will help you deepen your work. You can use the exercises to delve further into existing work or to develop new work. Above all, we will cultivate an ethos of care and respect for each other’s risks and offerings.
THE SHAPE OF THE DAY
9:30 am – 2:30 pm PST
(approximately 3 hours online,
with breaks for writing)
9:15 – 9:30
Zoom check-in
9:30
Introductions
Guided writing Craft + Process
10:30 – 11:30
Writing Break
11:30 – 12:30
Sharing & Conversation
Thematic exercise
12:30 – 1:15
Lunch/Writing
1:15 – 2:15
Sharing & Response Craft + Process
Guided writing
2:15 – 2:30
Close
- Saturday, September 18
- Open to writers in all genres.
- Limited to 12 people to ensure ample attention to each person’s work and process.
- Fees
$150
$180 Workshop + 30-min. 1:1 session (to be scheduled later)