1984 - Writing From the Mind-Body
Course Description
Jump-start your writing this new year with a deeply supportive and generative writing course. The body is a portal to intuition and originality. In this fresh approach to creative writing, writers at every level will learn to access their own innate sense of story and its elements. Maybe you’re a pro looking to, as Martha Graham says, “keep the channel open”. Maybe you’re a newer writer looking for ways to generate material or conquer writer’s block.
Each week we will explore different ways to generate material: Mindfulness and meditation, intentional dreaming, art dates, experience-based generative exercises, and mind-body awareness will fuel our writing. The course is designed to encourage writers to mine the wisdom held within the psyche and the body. Seasoned pro and beginner alike will benefit from these delving exercises, and writers working in all genres are invited to enroll. “Writing From the Mind-Body” provides a supportive workshop environment which aims to reveal the questions and answers that exist inside each writer. This personal journey moves you beyond fear and writer’s block and into the writing only you can do.
Learning Outcomes
- Development of techniques and exercises for easing writer's block
- Methods for enhancing personal story-telling skills
- Generate new and exciting ideas
This course may be applied towards the SCS Certificate(s) in
- Creative Writing : Elective Courses