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THIS WORKSHOP IS LIMITED TO 10 PEOPLE.
Years ago, I developed a 4-hour Master Class (2 hours one evening, 2 hours another evening) called How to Write Complex Emotion and taught it at the New School.
It was such a hit that I kept teaching it when the class ended.
Feelings are hard to describe, much less write about. Most writers rely purely on the physical to get their emotional point across.
To indicate loss to the reader, the writer might rely on subtext, and by doing so, they write about things on the surface: a bereft father catches sight of a man swinging his young daughter around on the beach.
We understand and feel the gulf between what one man has lost and what the other takes for granted. The more details we provide about these men and their daughters, the more we will feel, because these details will signal the weight of absence. Often, in literature, what’s seen represents what’s not there.
Writing emotion through staging and subtext works to elicit the appropriate feeling in your reader, but sometimes that isn’t enough. What if you aim to offer readers articulation for the unsayable? Instead of nodding toward the gulf, how do we describe what the gulf feels like inside our bodies?
In this class, I will teach you methods that will teach you to identify and write all possible emotions. You will learn how to drop inside your body for exploration, pulling the somatic sensations into your throat and onto the page. I will also teach you how to create emotion in the atmosphere. At the end of this class, you’ll have learned how to elevate your prose and communication skills.
Workshops are small and intimate - only 10 spots for every session.
$139
NEXT WORKSHOP:
Saturday, April 26, 2025 (10 a.m.-12 p.m.) | Sunday, April 27, 2025 (10 a.m.-12 p.m.)
DIGITAL WORKSHOP
It's never too late to learn the right tools. Your child's mental health (and yours) is a worthy investment.
In 2018, while touring for Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life, I discovered many parents and teachers were unknowingly using outdated methods that worsened anxiety - the same ones that affected me 40+ years ago.
These methods probably aren't helping you either.
I began giving talks to expose these harmful approaches and provide better strategies. The response was overwhelming, reaching thousands across schools, seminars, and an entire Canadian island!
For two years, I talked to everyone ages 4-94 about:
Typical vs. atypical anxiety
Translating an anxious child's behavior
Calming overreactions
Confronting fears
Recognizing hidden anxiety
And so much more.
Everything from those two years is now in a 7-part digital workshop. Buy now for instant access, and go at your own pace!
$179
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