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Listening to Open Readings at the Retreat! |
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Listening to Open Readings at the Retreat! |
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Writing
Creativity
Ritual
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Each day, we share a three hour writing workshop. Our critiquing is supportive and motivating. If a piece works, why? If a piece doesn't work, what might make it better? We learn how to "mine" first draft material for the "jewels" that hold the heat of the story. We explore the "what ifs" and "what happens next" of story telling and character development, structure, how plot emerges from character and other techniques relevant to the short story, novel and fictionalized non-fiction. We explore the creative process through guided imagery, interviewing characters, music, yoga and other techniques Emily has developed to both further your stories and access the passion of the creative unconscious. Ritual is transforming. It makes the intangible tangible and is both a deeply personal and a communal experience that connects the individual to something greater than self. Ritual is particularly important for the creative person who is at home with the mysteries that are revealed through the language of dreams, symbols, images, colors, rhythms and the senses. This is writing as a spiritual journey. |
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