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“A woman needs \u2014 an embracing, open-armed space where she can \u2014 remember herself.”
\u2014 Sue Monk Kidd<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n

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Free-Range Writing circles are a writing space for attention, truth, and becoming. A place to write your way back to yourself and toward each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is Free-Range Writing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Free-Range Writing is a timed, generative writing practice rooted in Wild Writing™ \u2014 a tradition developed over 30 years by author and teacher Laurie Wagner. It belongs to a lineage that includes Julia Cameron’s morning pages, Natalie Goldberg’s writing practice, and the broader world of expressive and automatic writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s what makes it work: we write as fast as we can, for 15 minutes, pen never leaving the page. By writing quickly, we outrun the inner critic \u2014 the voice that edits, second-guesses, and keeps us trapped in trying to look good. What arrives instead is something truer. Something we didn’t know we were carrying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not your high school English class. There are no grades, no right answers, and no pressure to write well, though we may end up writing ourselves well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wild Writing™ is a registered trademark of Laurie Wagner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How the Circles Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Each session begins with a poem. I read it aloud, then offer a line as a writing prompt \u2014 a jump-off line that sends us inward. We write for 15 minutes, pen moving, no stopping. Then we go around the circle, and each woman shares what she wrote while the others practice silent, generous listening. No feedback. No critique. Just witnessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do this two or three times each session. Each round tends to go deeper than the last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This campfire-style sharing is where the real magic happens. Reading your words aloud gives them more power. Many women find that hearing their own voice on the page, and having it received without judgment, loosens something that’s been held tight for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The practice is simple. What happens when we gather is anything but.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just honest writing, shared discovery, and the kind of support that emerges when women gather around a table and tell the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Glimpse Inside Our Writing Circles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In our Free-Range Writing circles, participants explore their voice and share pieces of their own writing. Here, Tamera shares reflections <\/a>and a piece from a recent session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These Circles Are for You If:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You don’t need to be a writer to be here. You just need to be a woman with something to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n