New Workshop: Practice + Process
January 15 - April 9, 2026 | Thursday, 9 - 10:30 PST
Thursday, 9-10:30 a.m. PST (one space available)
January 15 - April 9
>No session: January 22, February 19, March 19
Includes two 30-minute 1:1 sessions
This workshop arises out of a desire to create a spacious context for writing and for conversation. A basic tenet of many writing workshops is that the writer doesn’t speak–either at all, or until after the group has discussed their piece. In this workshop we will explore how the conversation changes when the writer is welcome to be part of the conversation.
The workshop complements the Stanza weekly generative studio in offering expanded time for sharing your work within a circle of attentive and thoughtful readers.
You’ll receive a writing prompt each week related to the week’s readings and/or process focus. These prompts are meant as starting points and you are of course welcome to use your workshop time to develop other writing in process.
We’ll explore process through reading excerpts from notebooks, journals, and letters of artists and writers. Participants are encouraged to keep a notebook and we’ll explore ways to deepen and sustain this practice.
Each session includes a focus on craft and process, ample time for close readings and guided discussion of participants’ work. Discussions will include interdisciplinary studies in psychology and meditation practice. In training our attention and in tuning our listening, we’ll invite an inquiry into our own obstacles and habits and develop strategies for finding entry points.
You will each have 5 opportunities to bring a piece for a 20-minute discussion.
Three people will submit work for discussion each week.
Open genre
Course materials will be available on a Google Drive.
This course includes two 30-minute 1:1 sessions. The sign-up sheet for these sessions is in a tab in this document. These sessions give us an opportunity to explore something more fully together and can help me tailor the class to each person.
Readings include selections from: Catherine Barnett, Yiyun Li, Garth Greenwell, Lauren Redniss, Donika Kelly, Kathryn Schulz, Pema Chødron, Mark Epstein, Melissa Febos, Marcia Bjørnerud, Toni Morrison, Solvej Balle, Marilynne Robinson, Virginia Tufte, and others.
Registration:
• Course fee: $780
• To reserve your space, please send full fee or a deposit of $380 by December 22
• Please pay full fee by January 14
• Payments can be made through Zelle, Venmo, or check
• Please let me know if paying in installments will be helpful.
Cancellation Policy:
Course fees are non-refundable
In the event of cancellation before January 5, your registration fee (minus a $75 cancellation fee) will be credited toward future workshops or 1:1 sessions.
In the event of cancellation after January 15, you will receive a credit for ½ of the course fee ($375) toward future workshops or 1:1 sessions.