Free and Pop-Up Writing Workshops
If you’ve ever wanted to write but felt intimidated, short on time, or struggled to start, participate in one of my FREE writing pop-ups and step out of your comfort zone. The workshops will preview our writing circles in a low-stakes setting.
I’ll guide the group through a writing practice designed to help you tap into your authentic writing voice. All you need to bring is a pen, notebook, and an open mind. The 60-minute workshop is completely FREE, but you must register in advance. After you register, you will receive an email with the Zoom link.
Register now if you’d like to join us!
These pop-ups will be your last chance to experience a taste of my writing circles before Winter Circles starts the week of January 14. Attendees will get priority access to the circles.
Select which free Zoom writing workshop you’d like to attend below:
There are no free workshops at the moment. Consider joining me for a special, two-hour workshop, The Madeleine Moment: Unlocking Memory, Meaning, and Emotions through Food Poetry. No prior writing or cooking experience is required.
The Madeleine Moment: Unlocking Memory, Meaning, and Emotions through Food Poetry
Just one taste of the sweet, buttery French cake mingled with lime blossom tea was all it took for Proust’s childhood memories to come flooding back to him. Unlock your own madeleine moment in this two-hour guided generative class where the sensory cues of food poetry (smell, taste, and sound) are used as writing prompts to trigger remembrances of your sweet and bitter past.
December 4, 5:30 -7:30 PM Pacific Time (8:30-10:30 pm Eastern), Cost: $39
To register for this workshop, sign up in advance on Zoom (link below) and Venmo payment to @meesha-halm
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodeuqpj4jH9OKrDvOC-YI5jMZF9FTRXuj
Here’s how it works
In this two-hour interactive session, we will explore the involuntary phenomenon of taste/memory and learn how to retrieve it using the therapeutic power of automatic writing. I will read a poem to the group to inspire us and suggest a couple of lines from the poem to use as writing prompts. You take it from there.
We spend 10-15 minutes writing to each prompt, with the pen never leaving the page. The idea is to get a lot of words down without pausing to consider whether the words are “good enough.” We try to say yes to whatever comes up and get comfortable writing as our complicated, messy, real selves. This is how we find our authentic voice.
We’ll cover three writing prompts in this 2-hour meetup. You’ll leave with a handful of juicy writing and, quite possibly, some excavated inner truths.
If you’re interested, there will be an opportunity to read a piece you wrote at the end.
Please DM or email me if you have any questions.