For most writers, the struggle with writer’s block goes hand in hand with our attempts to write, but we do not have to accept this as an unavoidable part of the process. Together, we will face our assumptions and fears head on and write our way out of them!

Do you feel called to write, but find it almost impossible to sit and face the blank page? Do you spend far more time avoiding writing (or worse yet, beating yourself up for avoiding writing) than actually sitting down to work? This feeling goes by many names: writer’s block, resistance, self-doubt, and fear (or we may mislabel it, saying we are just too busy or are natural procrastinators). But no matter what we call it, using various readings and prompts, this class will help you dismantle your personal fears and destructive attitudes and get you writing!

This class will offer practical exercises for switching off your critical brain, embracing your creative brain, and generating material.

TAKE THIS CLASS IF

• You’re writing short stories or creative nonfiction and
• You want strategies for getting started and releasing your creativity.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Stacey Swann’s fiction has appeared in Epoch, Memorious, Versal, and other journals. The former editor at American Short Fiction and former Stegner Fellow, she teaches with Stanford University’s Online Writer’s Studio. She’s at work on Olympus, TX, a novel-in-progress she is whittling down from Texas-sized to a more modest Montana or New Mexico size.