Deeper Waters

A workshop for people who want to take a writing project further.

Are you ready to dive deeper into your writing life?

Are you craving a deeper relationship with a piece of work? Do you long to write more — more bravely, more productively, and more deeply? Do you want feedback, tools, accountability, and new ways to understand your relationship to words?

This class was designed for you.

Here’s how it works:

This is a workshop for a small group of dedicated writers working through big projects. We’ll meet weekly on Zoom for 12 weeks to spend a cozy 3 hours writing, workshopping, and discussing our writing lives. The class will involve plenty of writing in the moment, with meaningful homework to keep the magic alive between sessions.

Through ongoing dialogue and writing about our creative rhythms, we’ll create a space where you can learn what type of writer you truly are, and how to work from your comfort zone to maximize your productivity. We’ll also explore what real goal-making looks like, why it’s tricky, and what to do when those goals get besieged by the demands of life.

Bring us your passion, your mess and your questions. We’ll take it from there.

- Have done a few writing classes and are ready to take what they have learned deeper.
- Are looking for meaningful feedback, and are ready to give it to others.
- Have time to commit to writing. (There will be homework!)
- Are motivated by writing with others in a supportive, caring environment.
- Are ready to commit! 12 weeks is a lot. Buckle in!
- Feel aligned with our fundamental beliefs.
- Lots of new, completed work
- A community who shares the same path.
- Warmups and activities to get you back to the page.
- A deeper sense of what is possible in your creative life.
- A clear idea of what makes your creativity thrive and what makes it wilt.
- Writing peers whose work you are invested in.
- Courage, momentum, and new ideas.
- Have finished manuscripts that they are working to polish and publish.
- Think that writing thrives best on harsh and critical feedback.
- Are looking for a very quick way to inject more creativity into their lives. This class asks for your time, commitment, and dedication.

Details:

This workshop isn’t running this season but it will be back soon! Join our early bird mailing list for early access to registration or sign up for our newsletter.

Cost:

The fee for this 12-session workshop is $935. If you prefer, you can pay in 4 monthly installments of $233.75. Tax will be added for Canadians in your local provincial rate. See our financial policies.

If the price is a barrier, don't hesitate to apply for financial aid.

If you don’t have a credit card, let us know and we’ll gladly find a way to make it work.

Sign up here:

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Questions?

Your answer is probably on this page.

Want more class options?

Take a peek at our other in-house workshops, our coaching services or our monthly writers care package.

What people are saying:

I’d taken a couple of memoir classes with Firefly and I really wanted to take on a bigger project, possibly with some of the work that came out of one of the earlier workshops. I was thrilled about the Deeper Waters class. I had no idea how much it would integrate into my life, so much so that I felt a huge loss after it was finished! In Deeper Waters I was able to make a commitment to a project (or two) and come out with something really substantial at the end. I loved having class for months at a time and it especially got me through those dark winter nights! I recommend this class to anyone who has the time and desire to make a larger commitment to a project they’ve been wanting to dive back into.

Kara Melissa Sharp
Writer, mother, blogger

Before I took Deeper Waters, writing was important to me, but not a focus. Since taking the class, writing has taken on a new, exciting, and more central role in my life. It matters. I want to write things I didn’t want to before. Having regular deadlines, and real, compassionate feedback has helped my writing life become grounded and allowed it to grow into a bigger tree than I even thought it wanted to be. Thank you.

Sandra Flear
Writer and a love, sex and relationship therapist.

Taking Deeper Waters got me back on track with my writing, gave me feedback I could use (delivered with insight, caring and compassion,) and supported my desire to write some hard stories. The group was skillfully facilitated to ensure personal safety, flourishing creativity, and more writing. Although writing is generally a solitary pursuit, having a supportive group filled with individuals who are similarly diving deep, and committing and recommitting to their own writing is invaluable encouragement. And, just as importantly - it was fun!

Oriah “Mountain Dreamer” House
Author of The Invitation