Writing from the Top of Your Head®

Service Description

Writing from the Top of Your Head® is a 6-week workshop for beginning through experienced writers, inspired by Emily Dickinson, who wrote, “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.” The course is for writers who want to generate fresh material, feel stuck and struggle with writer’s block, or for those who have always wanted to write but are too afraid to start. Classes are 2.5 hours long, and class sizes are limited. Participants whether beginning or experienced will be guided in a criticism-free environment of support and safety to “open the tops of their heads” and access their inner voices without censoring or judging. Through evocative writing prompts, lively class readings, and discussion, the inner hooligan and nonsense-maker will be given room to shine and shout. The wild place is the most exciting, we will have loads of fun! Participants will also benefit from learning invaluable brain-training tools and strategies to help them move through their creative lives with grace and resilience, and to attain the freedom on the open page that they’ve been longing for. A limited number of partial scholarships are available for BIPOC and trans/non-binary folks. Contact writenina@writingfromthetopofyourhead to inquire further.