American writer Kim Stafford once said “the path to your art is your art.” He meant that, sometimes, the journey we take to find our destination becomes our destination, as it shapes our end result by shaping us along the way. If you feel like you have yet to become the writer you want to be, take a look at the path you are on. Perhaps it is the writer you are! If this sounds a little too meta for you, let me put it this way: the only thing stopping you from being the writer you want to be is not writing. Which inversely would imply that the only way to be the writer you want to be… is by writing! And that’s where this workshop comes in.
By creating a reflexive writing practice, we can use writing itself as the foundation of our writing life. We can use it as a way to build momentum, structure, discipline, inspiration, motivation… we can write our way into writing by reframing it as both the path and the goal.
In this interactive and inclusive workshop, offered for free as part of Innings Gate Co.’s 10th anniversary celebrations, we will discuss some common roadblocks and misconceptions about why we can’t/don’t/won’t write and how we can reframe them into can/do/will. We will learn how to use a writing practice as a tool to motivate us to write, to better our writing, and to help us identify as Writers.
No experience is required – only an inkling to write.
Bring paper and a pen, a non-judgemental mindset, and let’s help build momentum for our #writerslife.
DATE: Sunday May 26, 2024
TIME: 2pm-3pm ET
COST: FREE!
