about the workshops
"But if I write what my soul thinks, it will be visible, and the words will be its body." Helen Keller.
Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA)
Underpinning the Amherst Writers methodology is the belief that everyone is creative, and there is no right or wrong in creative expression.
The AWA method creates space where everyone's innate creative genius can find expression.
With carefully selected prompts and the mysterious magic of writing together we invite fresh stories to venture out. Writers have the opportunity to share their work in every session, to receive positive, thoughtful feedback and to discover which aspects of their stories and voices resonate most with others.
The AWA method helps us to honour both the privacy and process of every writer -- to nurture and support in an unthreatening atmosphere of mutual respect. Although not specifically therapeutic, the AWA process is often helpful to people who are working through isolating difficulties like loss and illness.
“...to part a curtain, that invisible shadow that falls between people, the veil of indifference to each other's presence, each other's wonder, each other's human plight.” Eudora Welty
Amherst Writers and Artists (AWA)
Underpinning the Amherst Writers methodology is the belief that everyone is creative, and there is no right or wrong in creative expression.
The AWA method creates space where everyone's innate creative genius can find expression.
With carefully selected prompts and the mysterious magic of writing together we invite fresh stories to venture out. Writers have the opportunity to share their work in every session, to receive positive, thoughtful feedback and to discover which aspects of their stories and voices resonate most with others.
The AWA method helps us to honour both the privacy and process of every writer -- to nurture and support in an unthreatening atmosphere of mutual respect. Although not specifically therapeutic, the AWA process is often helpful to people who are working through isolating difficulties like loss and illness.
“...to part a curtain, that invisible shadow that falls between people, the veil of indifference to each other's presence, each other's wonder, each other's human plight.” Eudora Welty