Reader,
I always feel like September is a month of new beginnings.
It hearkens back to my childhood, when we returned to school every year the Tuesday after Labour Day (spelled with a "u" because we lived in Canada). By then, the mornings had usually cooled. The leaves were about to change colour. A whole new school year lay ahead, and who knew what surprises lay ahead?
To this day, I crave that sense of possibility and wonder – that chance to step forward into the unknown.
And that brings me to the subject of this email. One week from today, I'm kicking off the next cohort journey through Embrace Your Writer's Block. If you feel like you could use a revitalized sense of possibility and wonder in your writing, you should join me.
My friend Heather did this program with me earlier this year, and I just love what she had to say about her experience (taken from Goodreads):
At first, I wasn't sure that I needed this book. Typically, I've viewed writer's block as a malady involving a literal inability to put words on paper. That wasn't my trouble. I had the ability to put words on paper. I also had a tendency to dance around the actual thing I wanted to write.
As a memoirist, I'm often blocked by the fear of telling stories that aren't mine to tell. As a result, I tend to avoid the very subject I'm writing about. That doesn't always make for clear, accessible prose for the reader. Ewert's workbook helped me to acknowledge that block, as I responded to a series of thought-provoking prompts, in a clear-eyed but phasic process.
This is not a "kill your darlings" approach. This handbook invites the writer to enjoy a cup of coffee with her darlings and talk to them for a while. To add one more metaphor to the mix: Ewert won't push you over the edge of a cliff, but he also won't pull you back and tell you not to look. Instead, Ewert's prompts provide a safe place for the writer to consider questions that need to be answered in order for the writer to move forward. In the end, this handbook trusts the writer to answer those questions for herself.
Is there a cliff you're trying to shy away from in your writing? Would you like to find out what you learn by safely peering over the edge? Then I hope you'll join me and the other writers who are gearing up to do just that.
You can click here for more details. Or, if you're ready to sign up, click the green button below.
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$48.00
The Embrace Your Writer's Block Experience
A 4-week program for writers who are ready to break through their creative barriers and rekindle their passion for... Read more |
Sign ups end this week. Program kicks off next Monday.
Keep your stick on the ice.
Frank.