Writing as a Healing Art

Jan Haag, Amherst Writers & Artists facilitator

Wednesday, October 30th

5:30pm-7:30pm

In-Person

Light of the Valley, Room 105 of the back buildings.

For adult grievers, whether the loss is fresh or longer ago, come to a virtual/online writing session with Jan Haag, a longtime Sacramento writing workshop leader. We'll use the Amherst Writers & Artists method, an encouraging way of writing what needs to be written without criticism. Jan will offer prompts that you can respond to or ignore and write whatever you like—it doesn't have to be about grief or loss. At the end of our writing time, she'll invite people to read aloud what they've just put down on the page (by hand or on a laptop or tablet).

Listeners respond with what they like, what stays with them and what is strong about the writing.

The AWA method presumes that all work is fiction, so we refer to "the narrator" of the piece. We concentrate on the writing itself, not the story, so we don't ask questions. We admire what we like in the writing, and when it's our turn to read, we listen and soak up the love coming at us!

Free.