A woman with a college-aged daughter, disordered eating, and an unexplained gaggle of mysterious infants must come to terms with her traumatic past. This story was shortlisted for the 2023 CRAFT Short Fiction Award and nominated for both Best American Short Stories and Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. First published in CRAFT Literary.
Get up early. Write at the same time every day. Hit that daily word count target... no matter what.
When you're a caregiver, conventional creative writing advice can feel off-the-rails incompatible with the practical realities of daily life -- and perpetuate the unpleasant, ever-present sensation of not doing enough.
In this 75-minute webinar, we'll discuss the inner barriers (fear, shame, guilt) and outer ones (lack of time, space and support) that can hold us back from creative expression. Together, we'll craft a new vision for what it means to be both writer and caregiver – a vision that will delight, inform, and nourish your creative self.
You'll come away from this webinar with...
Concrete, shame-free strategies for weaving writing into your daily life as a caregiver
A new approach to artistic resistance that transmutes feelings of fear and guilt into creative gold
A step-by-step plan for cultivating a supportive creative community
A set of captivating writing prompts to guide you
Get up early. Write at the same time every day. Hit that daily word count target... no matter what.
When you're a caregiver, conventional creative writing advice can feel off-the-rails incompatible with the practical realities of daily life -- and perpetuate the unpleasant, ever-present sensation of not doing enough.
In this 75-minute webinar, we'll discuss the inner barriers (fear, shame, guilt) and outer ones (lack of time, space and support) that can hold us back from creative expression. Together, we'll craft a new vision for what it means to be both writer and caregiver – a vision that will delight, inform, and nourish your creative self.
You'll come away from this webinar with...
Concrete, shame-free strategies for weaving writing into your daily life as a caregiver
A new approach to artistic resistance that transmutes feelings of fear and guilt into creative gold
A step-by-step plan for cultivating a supportive creative community
A set of captivating writing prompts to guide you
A woman with a college-aged daughter, disordered eating, and an unexplained gaggle of mysterious infants must come to terms with her traumatic past. This story was shortlisted for the 2023 CRAFT Short Fiction Award and nominated for both Best American Short Stories and Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. First published in CRAFT Literary.
Get up early. Write at the same time every day. Hit that daily word count target... no matter what.
When you're a caregiver, conventional creative writing advice can feel off-the-rails incompatible with the practical realities of daily life -- and perpetuate the unpleasant, ever-present sensation of not doing enough.
In this 75-minute webinar, we'll discuss the inner barriers (fear, shame, guilt) and outer ones (lack of time, space and support) that can hold us back from creative expression. Together, we'll craft a new vision for what it means to be both writer and caregiver – a vision that will delight, inform, and nourish your creative self.
You'll come away from this webinar with...
Concrete, shame-free strategies for weaving writing into your daily life as a caregiver
A new approach to artistic resistance that transmutes feelings of fear and guilt into creative gold
A step-by-step plan for cultivating a supportive creative community
A set of captivating writing prompts to guide you
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