Let Your Work Go Free

Do you crave a real deadline?

A lot of writers (us included) need the push of a real-world deadline to finish our work and let it be free. But finding the right deadline, getting ourselves organized to finish, polish, and submit something — oh dear. That’s where we get stopped up.

In this workshop, we’ll use the momentum of group process and simple structure to find the right place to submit, and then to write, edit polish and hit send together.

Here’s how it works:

In the first two weeks, we’ll demystify to submit our work to, and we’ll look under the hood of our hopes and fears around sharing. In the next three sessions we’ll write lots, setting ourselves homework goals between sessions, and exploring simple editing techniques.

In week six we’ll polish our work, and look at all those pesky submission requirements and all hit “submit” together. Week seven, we’ll share and celebrate all that we’ve made, whether or not it “wins.”

The class will end just after March 1st, the deadline of a popular Canadian contest – the CBC non-fiction prize, but participants can use this workshop to ramp up to any submission. Maybe you’ll send a story to a magazine you’ve been eyeing, an anthology, or a different contest. You are in charge.

- Have a piece started or an idea for one, and the confidence that they can see it through — even if that confidence is shaky.
- Are looking for that feel-good push of sharing work with the world.
- Are excited to share their in-progress work.
- Are motivated by the idea of supporting others on their paths.
- Feel aligned with our fundamental beliefs.
- A piece that is done, out of your hands, and finding it’s path in the world.
- Courage, flow and momentum.
- Encouragement and support from a group of allies.
- Confidence to submit again.
- A whole lot of instruction on how to write an essay, or story or other piece. This is a process workshop, to help you get a piece out of your hands.
- Critique or competition. We’re all about the love.
- Strict rules or guidelines on what or how to write.
- Feedback on your completed work.

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Details:

Cost:

The Total Workshop Fee is $__ plus applicable taxes. If you prefer, you can pay in 4 monthly installments of $__. There is no extra fee for this service.

Kindly note that since this workshop is for a small group, deposits are non-refundable. One week before the workshop starts, the full fee is non-refundable. See our financial policies here.

If money is a barrier, check out our financial aid program, which we open up four times a year.

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