THE WRITER’S STUDIO: PRACTICE + PROCESS 

Two sections, 10 weeks each

Thursday, 9-10:30 a.m. PST 

September 18 - November 20 (No class October 16)

or

Wednesday, 4-5:30 p.m. PST

September 17 - November 19 (No class October 15)

Limited to 6 participants (6 in each section)

Includes two 30-minute 1:1 sessions

Registration:

• Course fee: $780

• To reserve your space, please send full fee or a deposit of $380 by September 4

• Please pay full fee by September 15

• Payments can be made through Zelle, Venmo, or check

• Please let me know if paying in installments will be helpful.

Cancellation Policy:

  • Course fees are non-refundable 

  • In the event of cancellation before September 16, your registration fee (minus a $75 cancellation fee) will be credited toward future workshops or 1:1 sessions.

  • In the event of cancellation after September 17, you will receive a credit for ½ of the course fee ($375) toward future workshops or 1:1 sessions. 

Cultivate your writing through generative exercises, feedback, readings, and guided discussions in this course focused on sustaining a resilient writing practice and tapping into your receptive creative process.

This workshop arises out of a desire to create a spacious context for writing and for conversation. A basic tenet of many writing workshops is that the writer doesn’t speak–either at all, or until after the group has discussed their piece. In this workshop we will explore how the conversation changes when the writer is welcome to be part of the conversation. 

The workshop complements the Stanza weekly generative studio in offering expanded time for sharing your work within a circle of attentive and thoughtful readers. 

We’ll explore process through reading excerpts from notebooks, journals, and letters of artists and writers. Participants are encouraged to keep a notebook and we’ll explore ways to deepen and sustain this practice. 

Each session includes a focus on craft and process, ample time for close readings and guided discussion of participants’ work. Discussions will include interdisciplinary studies in psychology and meditation practice. In training our attention and in tuning our listening, we’ll invite an inquiry into our own obstacles and habits and develop strategies for finding entry points. 

  • You’ll receive a writing prompt each week related to the week’s readings and/or process focus. These prompts are meant as starting points and you are of course welcome to use your workshop time to develop other writing in process. 

  • Participants will have 5 opportunities to bring a piece for a 20-minute discussion. 

  • Three people will submit work for discussion each week. 

  • Open genre

  • Course materials will be available on a Google Drive. 

  • This course includes two 30-minute 1:1 sessions.  

Readings include selections from: Dianne Seuss, Catherine Barnett, Yiyun Li, Lydia Davis, Garth Greenwell, Lynda Barry, Lauren Redniss, Wendy MacNaughton, Ocean Vuong, Donika Kelly, Brigit Pegeen Kelly, Erica Ehrenberg, Farnoosh Fathi, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Kathryn Schulz, Pema Chødron, Mark Epstein, Melissa Febos, Marcia Bjornerud, among others.