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There are many reasons why you might be finding it impossible to write poems—such as low confidence, lack of ideas, other demands on your time—but the end result is the same. There’s this thing you passionately want to do, yet you can’t!
I’ve been in this position many times, so I know how frustrating, discouraging, and sapping it can be. But I’ve also managed to get myself out of it many times, too. From these experiences, I’ve learned a lot about what blocks our creativity, and how you can get it back.
In the group, we will tackle your creative obstacles in different but complementary ways:
All blocks are partly psychological, and if you ignore that, you probably won’t get out of yours. So each week, we will explore a different tool for overcoming your emotional and mental obstructions. These are gentle and accessible—it’s not therapy!—and will help you release old limitations and free your confidence.
I will also give you simple,unthreatening writing exercises to get you actually playing with words again. If we only did psychological/emotional work, we could go round in circles forever! Ultimately, the only way to return to writing is to write. And these exercises will get you doing that.
Finally, there will be low-bar homework tasks that help you think about creativity in your life, and move you back toward writing the poems and projects that matter most to you.
The group will meet on Zoom four times. The sessions will be recorded, but (as always) you’ll get the most from the course if you can join each session live.
There are many reasons why you might be finding it impossible to write poems—such as low confidence, lack of ideas, other demands on your time—but the end result is the same. There’s this thing you passionately want to do, yet you can’t!
I’ve been in this position many times, so I know how frustrating, discouraging, and sapping it can be. But I’ve also managed to get myself out of it many times, too. From these experiences, I’ve learned a lot about what blocks our creativity, and how you can get it back.
In the group, we will tackle your creative obstacles in different but complementary ways:
All blocks are partly psychological, and if you ignore that, you probably won’t get out of yours. So each week, we will explore a different tool for overcoming your emotional and mental obstructions. These are gentle and accessible—it’s not therapy!—and will help you release old limitations and free your confidence.
I will also give you simple,unthreatening writing exercises to get you actually playing with words again. If we only did psychological/emotional work, we could go round in circles forever! Ultimately, the only way to return to writing is to write. And these exercises will get you doing that.
Finally, there will be low-bar homework tasks that help you think about creativity in your life, and move you back toward writing the poems and projects that matter most to you.
The group will meet on Zoom four times. The sessions will be recorded, but (as always) you’ll get the most from the course if you can join each session live.