Keep Your Pen Moving
One-Day Writing Workshop

A workshop for anyone who wants bulgy hand muscles

So you want to write…

For the first time, we’re offering this one-day version of one of our most popular workshops. This is a high-energy day for anyone who wants to get their heart pumping and their hand dancing across the page or keyboard. We’ll write quickly and slowly, seriously and playfully, letters, poems, tributes, rants, memories, tiny stories, and passionate diatribes. Come splash your feet in the beautiful waters of your own creative voice.

Here’s how it works:

We’ll gather in the morning at an historic lawn bowling club on the edge of Riverdale Park. We'll start the day with short, easy writing exercises to unclog our creativity and produce lots of new ideas. In the afternoon, we'll move into longer, more reflective writes, asking the question — what is my material right now? What do I want or even need to write about?

Then we'll spread out for a good, long stretch of silent writing time before we come out for a big share and closure.

This day will be a mix of autobiographical writing, reflection, lists, laughter and poetry. (This isn't English class — we'll make it fun.) We’ll share work as we create it for supportive feedback.

This workshop aims to be encouraging and productive at every step.