Classes
Coming up!
Concord-Carlisle Community and Adult Education, Tuesday mornings starting in September. Sign up begins on July 1, 2018
November 4-9, 2018: Deepening The Writing Life, a writing retreat at The Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, NM
March 2019: The Yoga of Writing! Nadia Puttini and I will again co-lead a yoga/writing class at Baresole Yoga.
July 12-14, 2019: Deepening The Writing Life, a writing retreat at The Adelynrood Retreat Center in Byfield, MA
I offer day-long, weekend and week-long group retreats. Contact me at barbaramoneil@gmail.com for more information.
What is Writing Practice?
It is my great pleasure to inspire writers to follow their passion for writing, to break through any blocks they might have and to reach the deep well of material that is available to all of us, if we just pay attention.
With practice, you actually do get better. You learn to trust your voice and attempt to let go of the inner critic. Since we are "just practicing," we welcome whatever comes onto the page. We take risks. Go deep. Timed writing creates pressure. Inspired by a prompt, you may be guided to write for three minutes, ten minutes, a half hour. It is very dynamic.
There are simple rules:
Trust first thoughts, keep your hand moving, accept your curious mind, go for the heat of the material.
This is not a critique group in which we polish finished pieces. That can come later. Rather, we use class time to generate new material. We alternate periods of writing with deep listening to ourselves and each other in small and large groups. We learn from each other, giving feedback in the form of recall.
Coming up!
Concord-Carlisle Community and Adult Education, Tuesday mornings starting in September. Sign up begins on July 1, 2018
November 4-9, 2018: Deepening The Writing Life, a writing retreat at The Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, NM
March 2019: The Yoga of Writing! Nadia Puttini and I will again co-lead a yoga/writing class at Baresole Yoga.
July 12-14, 2019: Deepening The Writing Life, a writing retreat at The Adelynrood Retreat Center in Byfield, MA
I offer day-long, weekend and week-long group retreats. Contact me at barbaramoneil@gmail.com for more information.
What is Writing Practice?
It is my great pleasure to inspire writers to follow their passion for writing, to break through any blocks they might have and to reach the deep well of material that is available to all of us, if we just pay attention.
With practice, you actually do get better. You learn to trust your voice and attempt to let go of the inner critic. Since we are "just practicing," we welcome whatever comes onto the page. We take risks. Go deep. Timed writing creates pressure. Inspired by a prompt, you may be guided to write for three minutes, ten minutes, a half hour. It is very dynamic.
There are simple rules:
Trust first thoughts, keep your hand moving, accept your curious mind, go for the heat of the material.
This is not a critique group in which we polish finished pieces. That can come later. Rather, we use class time to generate new material. We alternate periods of writing with deep listening to ourselves and each other in small and large groups. We learn from each other, giving feedback in the form of recall.