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Our Next Workshop
The Fool’s Journey: A Generative Writing Workshop Using the Tarot
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INSTRUCTOR: Cassandra Rose Clarke
TIME: Saturday, December 3, 9:30-12:30 p.m. CST/CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $45 for members, $60 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, November 27. After Sunday, November 27: $55 for members, $70 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Online via Zoom LEVEL: All Levels CAP: 15 The Tarot--the iconic deck of beautifully-illustrated playing cards--has seen a bit of a resurgence in recent years. While the Tarot has historically been used to both play games and divine the future, the cards’ intricate designs and deep-rooted archetypes also make them the perfect prompts for stuck writers. In this generative workshop, we’ll dust off those decks we bought for the artwork and put them to good use in helping us create new ideas, explore unique story structures, and dive deeper into our characters’ psyches. Don’t have a deck? No problem. Several online decks are available for free! |
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Journaling for the Journey
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INSTRUCTOR: Joyce Boatright
TIME: Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4, 1-4 p.m. CST/CDT PRICE: Early bird price: $85 for members, $100 for nonmembers. The deadline for early bird pricing is Sunday, November 27. After Sunday, November 27: $100 for members, $115 for nonmembers. Become a member here. Apply for a scholarship here. LOCATION: Writespace, 1717 Michigan Street, Houston, TX, 77006 (map) LEVEL: All Levels CAP: 15 One year is closing, another is opening and we have an opportunity to be intentional and mindful about how we spend this time. Journaling is a powerful way to reconcile the events of 2022 and make ourselves ready for 2023. In this two session workshop, we will tap into the potency of journaling to benefit our health and well-being. Participants will be guided through a series of prompts designed to process the events and emotions of the past year and engage with our attitude and outlook for the new year. Each prompt will be followed by a time during which participants will be encouraged, though not required, to share. This is not a workshop about setting resolutions and making goals. This is a workshop about learning from and letting go of 2022 and getting ready for 2023! |
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Our Next Event
Write-In
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TIME: Tuesday, November 29, 6-8 p.m. CST/CDT
PRICE: Free. Become a member here. LOCATION: Starbucks, 6451 Fairmont Pkwy, Pasadena, TX 77505 (map) Whether you are writing a novel for NaNo or are hard at work revising poems for a chapbook or outlining an essay, we made a date to do the work of writing! Come take advantage of the collective energy and encouragement found in the Writespace community! We'll be waiting, about the business of writing, shoulder to shoulder, fueled by coffee, writers doing the work together. |
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Workshop Testimonial
"I hadn’t written poetry in more than 6 months. Not because I didn’t have anything to say—but rather, the opposite: I have too much to say, and not enough time to say it. That’s the beauty of short-form poetry—and I can think of no one better than Dr. Kendra Leonard to be your guide into this world.
If you’re like me—an unpracticed, imperfect poet who doesn’t know anything about the mechanics of sonnets or limericks—it can feel super intimidating to step into a poetry workshop. But Dr. Leonard made me feel anything but intimidated. She is kind, encouraging, and takes a gentle, question-led (rather than feedback-led) approach to workshopping poetry.
What’s truly amazing is that she’s helped me turn short-form poetry into a habit. I’ve written a poem every day since taking her workshop. Often, I don’t have a big block of time to sit down and journal out all my thoughts and feelings. Dr. Leonard’s workshop showed me that I can be just as expressive through short-form poetry, and in a fraction of the time.
I’m really excited to take her workshop on ekphrastic writing."
—Ynes Freeman, on Kendra Preston Leonard's Writing Short: Poetry in the Palm of Your Hand
If you’re like me—an unpracticed, imperfect poet who doesn’t know anything about the mechanics of sonnets or limericks—it can feel super intimidating to step into a poetry workshop. But Dr. Leonard made me feel anything but intimidated. She is kind, encouraging, and takes a gentle, question-led (rather than feedback-led) approach to workshopping poetry.
What’s truly amazing is that she’s helped me turn short-form poetry into a habit. I’ve written a poem every day since taking her workshop. Often, I don’t have a big block of time to sit down and journal out all my thoughts and feelings. Dr. Leonard’s workshop showed me that I can be just as expressive through short-form poetry, and in a fraction of the time.
I’m really excited to take her workshop on ekphrastic writing."
—Ynes Freeman, on Kendra Preston Leonard's Writing Short: Poetry in the Palm of Your Hand
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Writespace is a Houston grassroots literary arts nonprofit whose mission is to embrace and celebrate our city’s diversity by providing the type of high-quality training available through Master of Fine Arts creative writing programs at a fraction of the cost to writers of all genres, with a focus on providing programming for underserved communities and scholarships for low-income writers. All donations made to Writespace are entirely tax-deductible.
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