Dear ,
Please delete this email if it's not "for you" and please accept my apologies.
I hate unwanted emails, and hesitated to send this one, and yet...
What if you DID want to capture in words the events in your life that have meant the most, taught you the most,
would be treasured by those who love you?
And what if you missed seeing that this class was available and could take advantage of it?
So, just in case this is for
you... here are the details:
Upcoming WordPlay
THE GIFT OF MEMOIR: WRITING
PERSONAL AND FAMILY STORIES
Starts tomorrow! 2 spots
left!
(Preserving Family History; Writing for
and about Your Family; The Art of Memoir)
Our life stories are a precious legacy. Putting them in writing is a
gift to all who know and love us—they can be treasured and enjoyed for generations to come. It is also a gift to ourselves. As best-selling author Rachel Naomi Remen says in her book Kitchen Table Wisdom, facts bring us to knowledge, but stories bring us to wisdom. If you are interested in writing family and/or personal life stories—those significant tales of adventure, transition, love, loss, and triumph, as well as lovely everyday moments from times past or the present, come learn
specific tools and techniques to retrieve and record them.
* For the benefit of participants, an audio recording of the class will be made each week so that participants are able to listen to classes they miss and/or review material covered at any convenient time and place. These recordings are available throughout the class session, along with
all handouts, in a shared Dropbox folder.
WHERE: Covenant Presbyterian Recreation Center, 1000 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, 28204. Click here for map.
WHEN: Thursday mornings, 10:00 a.m. – noon. September 7 and 21
October 5, 19 and 26
November 9 and 30
December 14 COST: $275
TO REGISTER: If you’re interested in
attending, please email us at info@wordplaynow.com or phone 704-494-9961 and we'll get back to you right away.
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION:
YOUR WRITING
Starts next Wednesday! 1 spot left!
(Fulfilling Writing Dreams & Goals; Creating New Writing; Revising & Polishing Your Writing)
This class is designed to fulfill your writing dreams and projects. You’ll set goals and support structures and watch your writing flow! You’ll also get feedback on your work (any genre) and learn
revision tools and methods. Each week, writing prompts will generate material for new writing or further a piece in process, whatever your preferred genre. Through examples of accomplished writers, you’ll learn techniques to aid you right where you are in the process.
* For the benefit of participants, an audio recording of the class will be
made each week so that participants are able to listen to classes they miss and/or review material covered at any convenient time and place. These recordings are available throughout the class session, along with all handouts, in a shared Dropbox folder.
WHERE: Covenant
Presbyterian Recreation Center, 1000 East Morehead Street, Charlotte, 28204. Click here for map.
WHEN: Wednesday mornings, 10:00 a.m. – noon. September 13, 20 and 27
October 4, 11, 18 and 25
November 1, 8 and 29
December 6 and 13 COST: $425 TO REGISTER: If you’re interested in attending, please email us at info@wordplaynow.com to be put on the waiting list.
----------------------------------------------- EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT POETRY
* But Were Afraid to Ask
This coming Monday!
There are at least ten thousand ways to write a poem! In this lively presentation about the art and craft of poetry based on
Maureen’s latest book of poetry, Ten Thousand Cicadas Can’t Be Wrong, participants will learn how content, sound and form work together, and get to try their hand at the process, and will also have the opportunity to ask every question they’ve ever had about poetry.
TO REGISTER: To
register, visit the South County Regional Library registration page here. -----------------------------------------------
FALL WRITING RETREAT
2 spots
left!
Renew and delight yourself. The Fall Writing Retreat is an opportunity to create new pieces of writing and/or new possibilities for our lives. Enjoy various seasonal prompts; they elicit beautiful material that can be shaped into essays, poems, stories, or articles. After a communal lunch, you’ll have private time which can be used to collage, work with
a piece of writing from the morning, or play with a number of other writing prompts and methods. You’ll take home new ideas, new drafts, and new possibilities.
$97 includes lunch and supplies.
WHERE: South Charlotte area. Details will be provided upon
registration.
WHEN: Saturday, September 23rd, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
* We’ve also scheduled our Winter Writing Retreat for Saturday, December 16th and if
you’re interested in registering for both, we’ll bundle them at a 10% discount. Your cost for the two retreats would be $175. If you’d like to register for both retreats just click this link to be taken to
PayPal.
More WordPlay opportunities here. MAUREEN RYAN GRIFFIN, an award-winning poetry and nonfiction writer, is the author of Spinning Words into Gold, a Hands-On Guide to the Craft of Writing, a grief workbook entitled I Will Never Forget You, and three collections of poetry, Ten Thousand Cicadas Can't Be Wrong, This Scatter of Blossoms and When the Leaves Are in the Water. One of her long-held dreams came true in July of 2015 when Garrison Keillor read one of her poems on The Writer's Almanac. She believes, as author Julia Cameron says, "We are meant to midwife dreams for one another."
Maureen also believes that serious "word work" requires serious WordPlay, as play is how we humans best learn—and perform. What she loves best is witnessing all the other dreams that come true for her clients along the way. Language, when used with
intentionality and focus, is, after all, serious fuel for joy. Here's to yours! |
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