The Further Shore

Are curious about exploring different perspectives about death and dying, whether they’ve had any direct experience with death or not.

Have an urge to write about the end of life, but don’t want to do it alone.

Love the idea of a bi-weekly creative date with a small group of others who aren’t afraid to face the complicated stuff.

Feel ready (though maybe a little scared) to share personal writing.

Are genuinely open to listening to and giving supportive feedback to other writers whose experiences and perspectives about death may be very different from their own.

Are comfortable with tears and Kleenex, and don’t turn away when they read words like “morgue”.

Feel aligned with our fundamental beliefs.

Lots of new writing that you didn’t expect to create.

A renewed sense of your writing voice and the breadth of your material.

A more complex hold on your own values and beliefs around death and dying.

Writing peers whose work you are invested in.

Creative courage.

Grief counseling or advice on how to handle loss. While sharing thoughts on death might have a therapeutic impact, this class isn’t working from a therapeutic framework, and isn’t a bereavement group.

Critique or competition. We’re all about the love.

Any kind of judgment about your personal beliefs of death and dying.

Rules on how to write. We’ll work on developing your writing skills but we don’t subscribe to the idea that there’s only one way to create powerful work.

All the answers.