Welcome to Let’s Get Messy: Autumn

A Freewriting Experience

Let's Get Messy is a sanctuary for writers, both newbies and old hands, who will create together in a stress-free, non-insistent, and fun atmosphere.

What To Expect

We'll open with an inspirational meditation and/or creativity warm-up for writers. I'll offer a brief teaching piece, using examples to illustrate the theme of the day. 

We'll dig into various writing exercises to get our creative juices flowing. Time for sharing (if desired). Feedback (if desired) will be based on the listener's personal experience of the writing (called Appreciative Inquiry), and not on critique.

These workshops are for you if stress-free, non-insistent, and fun are adjectives that speak to you. 

A Bevy of Workshops to Choose From

  • CREATING COMPELLING CHARACTERS

    “Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut

  • DYNAMIC DIALOGUE

    "A line of dialogue is not clear enough if you need to explain how it's said.” ~ Elmore Leonard

  • WRITING FROM MEMORY

    “A curious mind probing for truth may well set your scribbling ass free.” ~ Mary Karr

  • BLOG WRITING

    “Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.” – Andrew Sullivan

  • PERILS AND PEARLS OF PARENTING

    “Perhaps it takes courage to raise children..” ~ John Steinbeck

  • SENSORY WRITING

    "The slivered moon sat in the sky like an old fingernail clipping." ~ Unknown