1 Day Seminar: Thursday, May 18th, 5-7PM EST
online via Zoom, 25 students max
Best for: all levels, all genres
$75 (credit card payments accepted)
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How do you build a writing practice that allows you to actually practice writing? How do you develop accountability to yourself so that you can get the work you've always wanted to do done? In this one-day seminar, we'll dive deep into how to create a personal, sustainable writing practice, one that doesn’t sacrifice ambition or pleasure. Though we will discuss practical approaches, this is not a productivity class. Rather, it’s a course about assessing your needs and constraints (obligations, energy, caretaking, etc.) — looking frankly at what you have and developing approaches and habits to work with it rather than against it.
I'll lead you through individual reflection and planning exercises that will help you take charge of your writing practice so the work gets done according to your own needs, aims, and constraints. We'll talk about how to create healthy boundaries around working time (and the time itself); set up a writing space; and make actionable plans that meet you where you are now, as well as where you will be in the future. Open to writers of all genres with all levels of experience, this lecture-based class is designed to help the writer understand and optimize their practice wherever they are in their life or writing career.
*This is an evolution of my course “Beyond Word Count” taught at Catapult. This course pairs nicely with “Essential Processes for Your Writing Practice” (June 8), but it stands alone.
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Danielle Lazarin is the author of the short story collection BACK TALK. Her fiction and essays have been published by places such as The Southern Review, Colorado Review, Glimmer Train, The Cut, Catapult’s Don’t Write Alone, and Literary Hub, amongst others. A graduate of Oberlin College’s creative writing program, she received her MFA from the University of Michigan. Her work has been honored by the New York Foundation for the Arts, Hopwood Awards, Millay Colony for the Arts, and The Freya Project. She lives and works in New York.
Testimonials
“Having worked with Danielle for several years both in her classes and one-on-one, I cannot recommend her highly enough as both a teacher and coach. She brings a deep engagement in her own writing life to meet you exactly where you are with empathy, generosity and incisive, practical, results-oriented guidance. She is a master teacher. Working with Danielle has changed my writing life.”
“Being Danielle's student really jump-started my personal writing process. Her unique insights are both focused and holistic; it's her advice for the journey that helps you get to the destination you want. As a teacher, she's earned my trust.”
“Danielle Lazarin is an insightful teacher whose pragmatic and empathetic approach to the practice of writing resonates for both new and more experienced writers. Working with Danielle I found writing muscles I didn’t know I had, and a fresh perspective on how letting the mind find its way to new ideas and getting out of one’s own way may be two of the most powerful tools in the writer’s toolbox.”