WRITING CLASSES FOR WOMEN
"Nurture your writing in community."
Summer Salon 2011
New! Two Summer Salon Class series are scheduled for 2011!
Summer Salon Writing Classes are held on Wednesday afternoons from 1:00-3:30 pm. This class is a wonderful blend of both the Tell It Like It Is classes and the Delve Into Story classes. Join in! It's a great environment for first-time and returning participants. To learn more about the format and register, please visit the Tell It Like It Is page. You may use the Tell It Inquiry Form to register for Summer Salon. Please indicate the dates you are interested in attending.
Tell It Like It Is
This class is where you begin to explore your writing using the methods Peggy has developed. Emerging and accomplished writers use Centered Writing Practice™ to write to prompts, read, listen
to others, and respond to what has been read. Click here for more class details, class schedules and registration information.
Delve into Story
Writers with current projects use Centered Writing Practice™ to respond to prompts specifically designed to generate material for their project (fiction, creative nonfiction, or memoir). We also read, listen, and respond to what has been read. Click here for more class details, class schedules and registration information.
Classes provide:
- a small group of 12 or fewer
- a safe, supportive setting in which to nurture your creative spirit
- a community of women of diverse ages, backgrounds, and writing experience, from emerging to accomplished
- a life’s classroom in which, over time, you learn fearlessness—the ability to use your vulnerability as a strength—in order to step into your power as a woman and a writer
When women gather in a circle with the intent to support one another in
taking personal risks, the circle is sacred space.
To maintain safety within the circle, we—
- honor confidentiality and treat every story as fiction
- listen with our hearts as well as our minds
- focus on the writing and thereby avoid support or therapy group behaviors of asking personal questions or giving personal advice
- use supportive comments to talk about a person’s writing and avoid advice on how to improve or change what someone has just written
- respect each person’s ability to take responsibility for her
emotional state. When a writer has an emotional response to her own
writing, the group holds the space for her experience without
attempting to fix it.
Not in the Asheville area? Order Peggy Tabor Millin's award-winning book or audio workshop here, or visit the Calendar of Events page for more writing opportunities with Peggy.
