Tag: Craft Talks

Four years ago off I went to Sage Cohen’s writing workshop, The Crucible of You, Write Yourself from Hurt to Healing.
Just what I needed. It was held for a weekend at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology on the Oregon Coast.
Sage put us all at ease from the get go. She created a safe environment for the dozen or so attendees to write our pain and share that writing. Putting my pain on paper helped me to release it. Sharing it and hearing other’s hurt helped to not feel alone in the process of grief. We laughed (Sage has a contagious laugh) and cried. At the end, we all hugged. Some of us promised to stay in touch and we have.
Out of her workshop, I gained a writing community. Three of us took her 2nd workshop together. Then Covid. Deb, from the workshop, started our online writing group that grew to ten of us who met once a week. Our time together was a treasured part of Covid. Not only did it commit me to writing but our care for each other keeps us still in touch.
If you are interested, next week Sage will be the hostess of a Craft Talk webinar, Fierce on the Page: Using Poetic Craft for Unforgettable Prose January 3rd, 2024 at 11:00 – 12:30 Pacific time.
I highly recommend checking out the Craft Talk webinars, curated by Sharla Yates and Allison K. Williams. You can sign up early for $15 then, price is $25. The webinars are recorded to watch at another time.

Happy writing, happy reading and happy New Year.

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