Sept 15 – 19
Stop Waiting – Start Writing
A 5-day online writing challenge for anyone ready to stop waiting, and start writing.
Whether you’re working on a book, a blog, a play, or simply want to reconnect with your voice, this 5 day writing challenge meets you with structure, inspiration, and support.
Each day offers 3 ways to engage so you can fit this in to your life.
✓ 30 Minute MORNINGS
✓ 60 MINUTE WORKSHOPS
✓ 2 HR NIGHTLY WRITING GROUP
Discover How you Write – 5 Days of Finding What is Easy About Writing
Let go of trying to do it right
Learn how to stay connected to your core and write from the inside.
Put down the “work” of writing
Bring more wonder and curiosity to the page.
Discover what the process of writing means to you
Do it your way, and love every minute of it.
Discover how stories are shaped, where you source inspiration, and how to build a writing practice that is alive, nourishing and sustainable.
Each Day Includes
Morning:
30 minutes – 8am (pdt) gathering online (live and recorded)
Pre-Recorded:
60 minute Workshop – Emailed direct to you (with handouts)
Evening:
5:30-7:30pm (pdt) 2 hour Writing Group
Your 5 Day Writing Challenge Looks Like This
Day 1 – What is Writing? The process, the practice, and the permission.
How do you bring what lives vividly in your head – words, images, stories, and moments – onto the page? Writing starts from expression, becomes sharing, and then communicates. Writing invites you to shape what you know, feel, and imagine into something others can take with them.
Today you’ll develop a daily writing practice, discover more about how inspiration and words come to you, and give yourself permission to WRITE.
Day 2 – What is Structure? When does it Support us? When does it Stifle?
What makes a great story? Are there rules? And what role does structure really play in getting words onto the page?
Today, we’ll explore when structure supports your creativity—and when it gets in the way. We’ll look at the five parts of a great story, how to keep your eye on the big story while writing the small ones, and what it means to make your own rules.
Day 3 – What is Inspiration? How do we find it from the inside and out?
How do you face a blank page? Where do your ideas come from—and how do you know when to trust them? What keeps you showing up, day after day, as you write your piece, your manuscript, your story?
Today, we’ll talk about writing from your Story from the Core, explore the Myth You Were Made For, and learn how to trust your Original Impulse.
Day 4 – What is a Story really? How do you shape one? Or do you?
What is a story—really? Is it something you create, or something that moves through you? Whether you’re writing a memoir, a play, a novel, or a personal essay, today we’ll explore what gives a story shape, where meaning lives, and how to follow the thread of truth without forcing the outcome. You’ll learn how to work with your story—rather than wrestle it into place.
Day 5 – What is a Writing Practice? – And do I really need one?
My wish for you is a writing practice that nourishes both you and your audience—for life. Writing isn’t just a way to communicate with the world; it’s a way to stay in conversation with yourself. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach.
Today, we’ll explore different kinds of writing practices—and begin discovering the one that feels most like home to you, so you can enjoy a lifetime of listening, sharing and creating.
Stop Waiting and Start Writing
How about we stop stopping?
How about we let go of the obstacle of trying to be a good writer?
And start getting words on the page by becoming the artist you already are.
Your story matters. The world is waiting.
