Are you a writer? You might be if you put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard. But you also may be a writer if you dictate your words out loud to a device or another person who records them.
You might get up on your feet and move around in order for the thoughts to tumble out. And once the words are out in the world, maybe you send them further afield, to lit mags or agents or publishers. Or you might keep them in your notebook and revisit them when the desire strikes.
There are no rules deciding that, by the power vested in some random person, you may now call yourself a “writer”. Acting on the urge for expression is creative in itself. You become the thing once you do the thing. And the more you do the thing, the better you get at it.
I offer workshops to light the creative spark, to prompt new ideas, and to help develop projects that may have been kicking around for a while. I have written one-woman shows, monologues, flash fiction, songs, and essays, all of which have either been published or performed in front of audiences. Whether working in small groups or one-to-one, I can offer guidance on how to get to the heart of an idea and make your writing stronger.
Have a look through my other pages to learn what I’ve done, and get in touch through the contact page to explore what we can do together.
“Art takes courage. Talent is there, of course, but it’s courage that plucks it up and allows it to walk—through fires and meadows and right into someone’s heart.”
~ Tennessee Williams, interview with James Grissom, 1982