Dear Writer,
It’s just us here, and we’re like you. Hey Meribeth, I’m going to start okay?
I’m TinaO and I’ve been writing since I could put words together. My first poem was called Fall is Coming Around. I was eight years old. It went something like this:
The leaves are turning yellow,
the leaves are turning brown,
fall is coming it’s coming,
because Fall is coming around…
We all start somewhere right? The weird thing about my writing journey is I have no baggage about it. No one ever told me I can’t write. Just read the above poem and… well… you know, there was a time… Ask me about singing, acting, or drawing and trust me, I have lots of ‘not good enough’ stories holding me back, but not writing, and that’s what I want for you. I don’t know what history you bring to the page, what judgements, hesitations or excitements you may have, but I want you to know, you CAN write, and you’re going to be EXCELLENT at it.
You are going to amaze yourself.
Okay my turn: I’m Meribeth.
Did you hear that?
Tina has NO baggage around writing. I’ll tell you right now, that’s not me, I’ve got writer’s baggage and lots of it.
For me, writing is a constant struggle between the un-stoppable eight year-old inside me, and the grown up that tells me I should be cleaning the dishes, that tells me I need to be more “productive.”
I believe in writing, I believe in storytelling – especially when it comes from a place of truth and vulnerability. We’re all on the receiving end of story all the time, but taking the craft into our own hands helps us think better and allows us to find unexpected human connection.
Everything Tina and I do together is about helping you put down your writer’s baggage. Occasionally, we’ll ask you to pack your bags, but with tools instead of dead-weight.
It’s true what Tina says, you’ll amaze yourself.
If you can write, you can fly. Come fly with us.
Welcome
Unlike most writing programs or coaches, we encourage you to get off the beaten path and risk losing yourself in the woods and big sky of your story. We want you to explore being wild, expressive and gutsy with your writing because we’re going to TEACH you how to navigate the unknown and deliver a clear, cohesive and impactful piece of writing to an audience so it lands.
We teach non-writers how to write.
Writers how to play.
and Authors how to connect.
We retreat in – to get it done and love the process of being with the story that is as much writing you as you it.
Twice a year we head out into the wild landscape of the world to write together.
We usually only take six or eight people with us.
We cook together.
We drink together.
We sit around the fire.
The land matters to us.
We connect to each other. We connect to the land around us.
We’ve been to a few places already:
With many more adventures to come, if you’d like to join our mailing list or book your own private writing retreat with us, drop us a line below and we’ll get in touch.
Keep writing.
We believe in you.
Tina is a practical, yet mystical writing coach. Writing coach sounds boring. Tina draws your story out of you – whether it’s a business book or other non-fiction, novel or kids’ book. I spent a magical time with her and her co-facilitator Maribeth Deen in Joshua Tree. I highly recommend her.
Kellie Garrett, PCC, ICD.D Master Communicator, Executive Coach