THREE new offerings this fall

Coming Home to Self

Facilitators: Dawn Diebold, Writer and Nan Fischer, Professional Coach

Weaving writing exercises with coaching techniques, you will be lead on a journey of greater connection to your truest, deepest self. Participants will gain greater clarity, stronger sense of self, increased confidence, enhanced creativity, and sharper focus toward a new direction.

Through individual writing, small and large group work, and application of the exercises and techniques, participants will be more motivated and energized to take action from a place of greater awareness and personal power.

All learning community courses utilize the WWfaC community practices for strengthening voices, enhancing well-being, and empowering individuals to create positive change.

Who would benefit from this course?

Anyone interested in:

• navigating life changes
• living more fully and intentionally
• seeking connection with self and others
• becoming who you know you could be
• translating desire into reality

6 Session series meeting every other week on Thursday nights from 7:00-9:30
September 10 & 24, October 8 & 22, November 5 & 19
Cost: $249
Limit: 20 participants

Mastery Class: for Prose Fiction and Creative Non-fiction Writers

Class meets every two weeks on Tuesday Evenings, 7 – 9:30 pm

September 1, 15, 29; October 13, 27; November 10

For women and men who…

· have a body of writing they want to bring toward completion

· want to concentrate on crafting their writing

· are open to giving & receiving specific feedback

· have a goal of improving or deepening their writing

· are focused on working within the structure of a small-group

· are not seeking new writing prompts, but are open to new writing styles & techniques

· are appreciative of sharing within a diverse, safe writing community

GENRES: novel, short story, memoir, personal essay

REQUIREMENTS:

· Any WWfaC writer with a body of prose writing who is looking toward completion may take this class. Writers should have attended at least one WWfaC quarter or semester.

· Writers are asked to download and complete a registration form (found at the above link)

· Writers should be prepared to bring writing each week of up to 5-10 pages of a working manuscript per session, and provide copies for small-group members.

· TEXT: On Writing, by Stephen King.

Teacher: Kathy Wade, WWfaC teacher and writer

Tuition: $250 ($75 deposit due by August 15, 2009)

A Co-ed Community Class

An eight-session co-ed class for women and men who want to write in community, get unstuck, have fun, speak their truths, and take part in the shift toward living systems and joy.

Meets eight every-other-Thursday evenings 7 - 9:30 PM (Sept. 3, 17, Oct. 1, 15, 29, Nov.12, Dec. 3, 10)

You’d almost rather do anything than tackle the empty page, because what you do on the page is you. ~ John Updike

If you’d like to tackle the empty page, talk with others about thoughts and feelings, play seriously with words for the joy and satisfaction of it, this class is for you!

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Time will be divided between in-class writing, sharing in small groups and in the large group, discussion and experimentation with various forms of writing. There will be weekly writing assignments between meetings, and we will create small groups or writing partners for weekly check-ins and meetings.

TUITION: $329

Required text: Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World, by Joanna Macy & Molly Young Brown.

Beth Fritsch, Teacher, Writer and WWfaC community member , will facilitate each every-other-Thursday evening session.