So You Want To Write? with Hannah Kent and Rebecca Starford

So You Want To Write? with Hannah Kent and Rebecca Starford

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This workshop is designed for those who wish to write seriously, but may be having difficulties in beginning or maintaining a focused creative writing practice.

‘So You Want To Write’ is a workshop designed to instil confidence in writers and to give them a renewed understanding of what is required to begin, continue or complete a writing project. Participants will come away with strategies to manage tendencies towards procrastination and self-doubt, and suggestions to assist and encourage creativity.

Through a series of dynamic writing exercises and key insights into the creative practice, this workshop will assist you in developing techniques to keep you motivated, disciplined in the lonely hours at your desk, and able to maintain a healthy and productive relationship with your writing.

The course is designed to take you 4-5 hours to complete, but can be accomplished in short stages, or at your convenience.

Scroll down to see the full course curriculum and a list of frequently asked questions.

“Informative, accessible and enjoyable, this course provided me with tools and reassurance to alleviate self-doubt, and the motivation and inspiration to get through the first draft of my new novel.”

Course Curriculum

Welcome!

 StartWelcome!

 StartMeet Your Teachers: Hannah Kent (0:22)

 StartMeet Your Teachers: Rebecca Starford (0:16)

Exploring the Difficulties You Encounter with Your Writing

 StartIntroduction (0:17)

 StartSuggested Exercise: What Prevents You From Writing?

 StartYour Teachers: Why We Write and What Stops Us From Writing

 StartThe Things That Stop Us From Writing

 StartYour Teachers: Difficulties and Inhibitors

 StartPersonal and Practical Inhibitors

 StartYour Teachers: Personal or Practical Inhibitors

 StartSuggested Exercise: How to Manage Personal and Practical Inhibitors

 StartPersonal Inhibitors

 StartYou Are Not Alone

 StartYour Teachers: Managing Personal Inhibitors

 StartEight Suggestions for a Healthy Relationship to Writing

Procrastination, Self-Doubt and Creativity

 StartIntroduction (0:36)

 StartSuggested Exercise: The Best Thing You’ve Ever Written

 StartDon’t Worry

 StartSuggested Exercise: The Worst Thing You’ve Ever Written

 StartWhen Are You Most Inclined to Write Well?

 StartYour Teachers: On Deadlines

 StartSuggested Exercise: Harnessing the Unconscious

 StartEncouraging Creativity

 StartSuggested Exercise: Three Objects

 StartYour Teachers: How Do You Encourage Your Creativity?

 StartThe Importance of Reading

 StartThe Importance of Daydreaming

 StartCreativity Triggers

 StartThe Dark Force of Procrastination

 StartWays to Counter Procrastination

 StartWhen Your Writing is Growing Stale