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Become a Skilled and Creative Storyteller
Write Memoir and Auto Fiction
Buy One Live Interactive 10-Week Session
SAVE ALMOST $500.00 A YEAR.
Buy a Membership
Membership Includes:
Three Live Interactive 10 Week Sessions Per Year.
Bonuses:
Three 1/2 hour private coaching sessions valued @ $250.00.
Make-up or Audit other Live Writing Sessions.
Free Mini-Workshops and Discounts.
*For a membership, sign-up is for a minimum of 6 months. Payments are automated until you cancel the program.
WHEN: WEDNESDAYS, STARTS FEB 5 2025
WHAT: No Live Workshops on Thanksgiving Week.
WHERE: Live Interactive Workshop on Zoom.
TIME: 5:00 PM – 7:15 PM Pacific Time
WORKSHOP TAKE-A-WAYS
In this workshop, Master the Art of Storytelling: Learn how to craft compelling stories that resonate with your audience, both on the page and in person. Whether you’re writing or speaking, you’ll develop the skills to keep your audience engaged from beginning to end.
Write Your Life Stories for a Memoir or as Fictionalized Auto-Biography.
What tales of yours are waiting to be told? What experiences would you like to weave into a story? What stories would you like to publish or turn into a book?
Your personal history holds a depth of emotion and a wealth of experiences, all waiting to be brought to life through the power of your writing.
This workshop is a journey of self-exploration, narrative crafting, artistic expression, personal growth, and transformation. You’ll pen your narrative, weave your victories and defeats, joys and sorrows into a unique tapestry. Unveil societal shortcomings, promote conversations, instigate change, or leave a legacy. It’s all possible. All you have to do is join us each week and write your stories now. Keep them for yourself, or one day share them with your family, friends, clients, colleagues, or the world.
Buy One Live Interactive 10-Week Session
SAVE ALMOST $500.00 A YEAR.
Buy a Membership
Membership Includes:
Three Live Interactive 10 Week Sessions Per Year.
Bonuses:
Three 1/2 hour private coaching sessions valued @ $250.00.
Make-up or Audit other Live Writing Sessions.
Free Mini-Workshops and Discounts.
*For a membership, sign-up is for a minimum of 6 months. Payments are automated until you cancel the program.
Write Boldy Write Freely
Kelly Morgan has worked as a journalist, poet, spoken word performer, teacher, creativity and writing coach. She’s won poetry slams, published in literary journals and on blogs. Her books include A Visit Home, A World Without Seatbelts, and The Howling Coyote Between Your Thighs.
Her passion is teaching and for over 25 years, thousands flocked to her Hollywood workshops including The Artist’s Way (based on Julia Cameron’s international best-seller) to heal and transform their work and personal lives.
About Kelly, Julia Cameron, author of the international bestseller, The Artist’s Way said: “You couldn’t find a more sure-footed or inspiring guide.”
“Kelly makes it possible for you to fall in love with writing — again — or for the first time.” Sharon Malkin
In this workshop:
- Sharpen Your Story Structure: Master the 5-Step Story Structure and other narrative frameworks that will help you organize your stories in a way that keeps readers and listeners hooked.
- Engage and Entertain: Develop the ability to craft stories that not only inform but also entertain. Through storytelling techniques, you’ll captivate your audience and leave a lasting impact.
- Emotional Connection: Learn how to infuse your stories with emotional depth, creating connections with your audience that go beyond the surface. Your stories will touch hearts and minds, inspiring and moving others.
- Strengthen Your Characters: Build multi-dimensional characters that readers will remember. Whether you’re writing about real people or fictionalizing your experiences, you’ll learn to create characters that drive your story forward.
Here’s where you’ll dive and become a strong writer — able to swim in the deep end.
Balance Truth and Creativity: Gain the confidence to blend real-life experiences with creative storytelling. You’ll learn how to navigate the fine line between fact and fiction, creating stories that are both deeply personal and universally relatable.
Find Your Voice: Discover your unique narrative voice and learn how to express it authentically in your memoir or auto-fiction. Your voice will become your most powerful tool in conveying your story’s truth and creativity.
- Play with Metaphor and Symbolism: Metaphors and symbols can add depth and layers to your writing. In class, practice using these tools to convey complex emotions and ideas, making your writing more engaging and powerful.
- Learn How to Use Irony and Humor: Add nuance and style to your writing. Whether you’re tackling a serious subject or crafting a light-hearted piece, discover how to incorporate these elements to enrich your narrative.
- Create Vivid Imagery: Learn how to paint pictures with words. Practice using descriptive language to create vivid, sensory-rich imagery that captivates your readers and brings your writing to life.
- Write Without Inhibitions: Let go of self-doubt and perfectionism. With plenty of encouragement and mirroring (rather than critiques) learn how to write freely, and fearlessly by tapping into the raw, unfiltered aspects of your creativity.
- Build Confidence in Your Writing: As you experiment with different forms and techniques, share your experiments, and turn mistakes into opportunities for advancement, you’ll naturally gain confidence in your ability to express yourself through your art and in your life.
- Discover and Express Emotions Through Writing: Expressive writing is a powerful tool for exploring and processing emotions. Discover how to channel your feelings into your writing. Create work that is creatively satisfying AND personally healing.
- Explore Different Forms of Writing A Book: From poetry to essays, fiction, and non-fiction, from short reflections to longer explorations, this workshop invites you to experiment with various forms of writing.
- Learn by Doing: In this workshop, learn the craft of writing by actively engaging in it. And with the proven improvisational tools (adapted from the theater) the hands-on, experiential, are designed to help you grow as a writer by having some fun.
- Unlock your creative potential, find joy in the process, and gain the skills to express yourself fully and authentically.
Live Interactive Online Sessions. Wednesday Night: 5:00 P.M. to 7:15 P.M. U.S. Pacific time.
Every week, during 2-hour, 15-minute Sessions, you will:
Meditate: Practice letting go of outside considerations. Get into the moment. Listen for your own voice. Allo
Learn a Lesson With a Warm-Up Game:
Learn more about the craft of writing. Apply teachings during a timed-writing. This is your time to play, be curious, try something new, step out of your comfort zone, and ask questions. The Main Writing:In this second half of each class, create new writing or a story based on your life experiences.
Read Your Writing Out Loud
– This is an opportunity to be heard and to observe what your Inner Critic is saying so you can train yourself to bypass it, Feedback – Practice giving and receiving feedback to others in your small group or cluster by following special guidelines. The goal of all feedback in this workshop is to generate more writing.WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING TO CLASS.
Every week bring your journal, a good pen and an open mind.
