Writing for Wellbeing

It’s like a schoolhouse
of little words,
thousands of words.

First you figure out what each one means by itself,
the jingle, the periwinkle, the scallop
full of moonlight.
Then you begin, slowly, to read the whole story.

from Breakage, by Mary Oliver

SALON DETAILS

• Facilitated by Alison Cable
• Tuesday evenings, 4-6.00 pm
• Four-meeting virtual study: 7, 14, 21, 28 September
• £70 for for three sessions, get the fourth free; please use the Paypal button below
• Special offer: Participants can join for just one session for £18  (Same Paypal link)

Come play with words in our new Writing for Wellbeing workshop.  Make time for yourself and discover your creativity.  We’ll use the poetry of the sea — a metaphor for life with its ebbs and flows, its constant change — as our wading-in point for writing, reflection, and dialogue.

Together, we will practise shared reading and use a blend of creative, expressive, and reflective writing approaches — flow writing, poetry making, metaphor, life writing — as writing prompts.  In this supportive, confidential space, you will have the opportunity to share your writing (though you are never obliged to do so), as well as reflect on others’ writing.

No formal experience or preparation is needed, just a willingness to give writing a go! Simply bring a desire to share, reflect and experiment with words (and paper and pen).  This workshop is about self-development rather than literary-development.

From a recent participant: “I had fun playing with words and inventing my own even.  I liked discarding the rules and just being free with the language.  In that sense, writing the poem itself was an act of controlling and letting go.”