Nature of Words Creative Writing Workshops

Deborah’s workshops are as much about creating a memory, as they are about learning.  Whenever possible, she leads participants outside the walls of the classroom and into the heart of nature, where true creativity resides.  

(Please note: The 2010 schedule of workshops has not yet been finalized.)

Write from the Soul: A Day-long Writer's Retreat

This full day creative writing workshop for beginning and seasoned writers combines writing practice with yoga techniques to take participants deeper into creativity. You will learn habits and techniques designed to boost the creative flow and help you harvest details from your own life to colour your writing. 

The Nature of Journaling:  A Journal Writing Workshop 

During this full day workshop, writing coach Deborah Carr will lead participants through methods for effective journaling and show how daily focused writing practices can help us discover the deeper stories in life. In a relaxed, informal setting, you'll practice various journaling techniques to increase creative flow. Through writing and sharing and discovering our storytelling abilities together, participants will leave feeling inspired and more confident about putting words on the page. This is a day just for you and your creative soul.

The Nature of Story:  Crafting your Own Life Story

During this full day workshop, instructor Deborah Carr will introduce participants to the craft of memoir and personal essay writing. In a relaxed, historical setting, you'll learn the essential elements that make a story, as well as the different forms for writing a memoir or personal essay.  We will also learn techniques for creating a story and methods for generating fresh perspectives and language, surmounting writers block, escaping cliché, and finding story structure. 

Write from the Heart of Nature:  A Nature Writing Workshop

Nature writing is a truly contemplative genre.  When we spend time in nature, we do so quietly, patiently and openly, with hopes of receiving understanding and clarity and developing a deeper connection to place.  Leave structure and rules at home and join nature writer, Deborah Carr, for a full day of writing with nature as our inspiration. This workshop will help you marry observation with imagination, using techniques that easily transfer to any genre.  How better to cultivate wildness of language than spending time where wild things live and grow? 

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Words are how we share our wisdom with the world.

Nature is how earth shares her wisdom with us.

The Nature of Words writing workshops bring the two together.

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"For words, like Nature, half reveal, and half conceal, the soul within."
Alfred Lord Tennyson