RIGHT TO WRITE
Monthly writing workshops to keep you on track, fueled up, and inspired. All levels. All abilities. Writing prompts. Community. Let's make art together to remember we can remake the world.
RIGHT TO WRITE is a twelve-month writing workshop series. This is its fourth year! On the second Tuesday of every month (which is Wednesday in Australia), I facilitate a two-hour, virtual writing workshop based on a theme -- from 5-7 pm PT. You’ll get a mini lecture from me about that theme, a ton of writing exercises you can use on your own again and again, camaraderie (the classes will be on video so we can see each other!), and – perhaps most important of all – accountability. The workshops are recorded, so if you can't attend live, you can watch whenever your schedule allows.
They say 99% of writing is just keeping your butt in the chair, just showing up and doing the work. But writing is also about not getting stuck in the same old ruts. It’s about experimenting. It’s about feeling so inspired you don’t mind getting up at five in the morning dark to write when everyone else in your household is still asleep. It’s about being part of a community of artists and writers and makers and dreamers trying to imagine our way to a better world.
Here's the 2023/24 schedule for the US & Australia:
Here's the schedule for the US and Australia:
PORTRAITS: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 from 5-7 pm PDT (Wednesday, March 15, 2023 from 11 am -1 pm AEDT)
OBSERVATION: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 from 5-7 pm PDT (Wednesday, April 12, 2023 from 10 am -12 pm AEST)
BODIES: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 from 5-7 pm PDT (Wednesday, May 10, 2023 from 10 am -12 pm AEST)
MEMORY: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 from 5-7 pm PDT (Wednesday, June 14, 2023 from 10 am -12 pm AEST)
TROUBLE: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 from 5-7 pm PDT (Wednesday, July 12, 2023 from 10 am - 12 pm AEST)
GROWTH & DECAY: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 from 5-7 pm PDT (Wednesday, August 9, 2023 from 10 am -12 pm AEST)
EXPAND & CONTRACT: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 from 5-7 pm PDT (Wednesday, September 13, 2023 from 10 am -12 pm AEST)
WILDS: Tuesday, October 10, 2023 from 5-7 pm PDT (Wednesday, October 11, 2023 from 11 am - 1 pm AEDT)
SALVAGE: Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from 5-7 pm PST (Wednesday, November 15, 2023 from 12-2 pm AEDT)
DARKNESS & LIGHT: Tuesday, December 12, 2023 from 5-7 pm PST (Wednesday, December 13, 2023 from 12-2 pm AEDT)
HABITS: Tuesday, January 9, 2024 from 5-7 pm PST (Wednesday, January 10, 2024 from 12-2 pm AEDT)
VULNERABILITY: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 from 5-7 PST (Wednesday, February 14, 2024 from 12-2 pm AEDT)
We’ll meet in virtual space on Zoom. The classes will be recorded, so if you miss one, you’ll be able to catch up.
I hope you’ll join us. Tell your friends about it, your writing group, your studio mates, your colleagues. I promise the workshops will inspire you, improve your writing skills, introduce you to new ways of thinking and creating and reading, and help you put creativity at the center of your life.