Workshops
Retreats
Self-Directed
WORKSHOPS
Looking for a Writing Teacher? Hire Me!
If your group is looking for a fun, creative and immersive six or three-hour writing workshop (or a series of workshops), I am available to teach in-person and/or over ZOOM on a variety of writing craft and creative process topics. Current offerings include: Creative Revision, Deep Character, Make A Scene!, Narrative Arc Boot Camp, Fictional Reflection & Event, Resuscitating the Writer Within, Writing During Difficult Times, Make A Poem!, and more. I can also create curriculum geared to your group’s learning desires. Get in touch today for rates and availability!
RETREATS
Wild Writing in the Boreal is an annual writing retreat for beginning and experienced writers, which I co-run with writer Donna Besel. It brings together women for a warm and easy-going weekend of writing, sharing stories, and connecting in the gorgeous environment of Falcon Trails Resort in Manitoba’s Whiteshell Provincial Park. Our next retreat is April 28-30, 2023.
Delicious food, hot-tubs, wood-burning stoves, starry nights, beautiful nature, a raffle draw, and our legendary Saturday night sing-a-long (following the open mic reading) and, of course, lots of writing, create a weekend to remember!
Visit our Wild Writing in the Boreal page for more details, including pictures and testimonials and check out last year’s itinerary and details about Falcon Trails at the resort’s website.
Praise from past participants
Wild Writing in the Boreal blew my expectations through the roof! The entire weekend was so full of love, honesty, and beautiful writing. Both Lauren and Donna are amazing, talented women that we are all lucky to be learning from. Never have I felt so grounded at a retreat, and I am walking away feeling knowledgable and motivated. – Kiera Anderson
Before the retreat, I always thought that writers were “other” people. Being a writer was something I didn’t think was attainable for someone like me. Listening to other stories that people wrote and sharing helped me realize that I can be a writer. – Marni Fisher
SELF-DIRECTED
Nine Simple Steps To A Solid Writing Practice!
This self-directed video course offers 10 lessons (9, plus a bonus) to help you begin and nurture a writing practice. Whether you’re answering a life-long call to write or returning to your creative work, this course will help you:
- dedicate a space for creative work
- make time to write
- address and overcome common blocks
- reconnect with the desire you feel to write
- feel like a writer again or for the first time
- choose a meaningful project
- purposefully look at your written draft (without cringing or running away)
I've recently lowered the cost of this course, to help as many people as I can, so you can purchase it now for just $39.99!
Praise for Nine Simple Steps
"This course, visually beautiful and wise, has helped me to re-connect with my writing. I’m back at it again. Next time I stray, I know I’ll have this course in my back pocket to help me return.” – Angie Gallop
"I love your writing course! I started it way back, and have kept going back to it...it is very forgiving that way. It has gotten me to the point where from not writing at all, except for my editorial for the paper once every two months, i have a spot to write, and sit down each morning and write for an hour! I am working on two different projects! THANK YOU for helping me find my creative side again, after so many years! It has also encouraged me to move away from arts admin and into editing and writing for a living. So much thanks to you!" - Anna Proctor
"Lauren's online class was precisely the tonic I needed to re-ignite my writing practice. I listened to these nine sessions in my car on the way to work and looked forward every morning to the encouragement and counsel she provided. Through personal stories, anecdotes, quotes and practical tips, Lauren's coaching inspired me to identify my writing goals and commit to them. I recommend this course to anyone who needs an extra nudge to start new works or to keep going with existing projects." - Cheryl Sadowski

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