Event

Writing Deeply. Writing Now.

Do you have terrific writing ideas but have no idea where to start? Or are you compelled to write but lack ideas? Many of the challenges writers face are incorrectly framed. Its not a lack of ideas or an inability to start, but cognitive dissonance that impedes our ability to create. In this workshop well spend our time together writing a lot, writing deeply, writing now. Through guided prompts and brief discussion, well begin to quiet those voices in our heads and remove roadblocks that prevent us from creative engagement. Well explore where resistance comes from and how to remove it from our process. Unlike traditional workshops where sharing and critiquing are essential, this workshop will not include these components. Instead, expect focused time to explore, play, and write--a lot! Be sure you come with paper and pen or laptop computers to embark on a new project you never knew you had in you, or enhance an existing one in exciting and surprising ways.

About the Instructor:
Lenore Myka is the author of King of the Gypsies: Stories(BkMk Press),winner of the 2014 G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction, the Peace Corps Writers Short Fiction Award, and a finalist for the 2016 Chautauqua Prize. A recipient of a 2016 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship,her fiction has been selected as distinguished by The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Non-Required Reading series. Lenore has taught creative writing and fiction workshops at New College of Florida, the Ringling College of Art and Design, and Boston University. A freelance writing coach and editor living in St Petersburg, you can learn more about Lenore and the services she offers at her website www.lenoremyka.com.

Saturday, January 7 (1:00-3:00pm)