Writing & Improv Workshops: Fall 2023 Drop-Ins
In my last blog post, I demonstrated how I employed several writing and improv skills when dashing off a parody article.
To recap:
I pushed past fear of the white page to get something, anything on the page. I broke that inertia very soon after the assignment was received.
I didn't judge my ideas, I just produced them.
I realized that the first idea (or ideas) weren’t exciting enough to me so I kept searching and trying out ideas until I was excited by the topic. Excitement for me equals excitement for my reader.
I used an existing structure to guide my work. You do not have to reinvent the wheel.
I wrote lots, playing with different angles, and mostly, had fun while I was writing! Fun for you equals fun for the reader.
I edited later, not whilst I was writing. Create first, refine later.
I submitted quickly. If I held onto it for another month until it was due, I would have worked it to death and probably lost that initial fun creative spark. I didn’t overthink it, I didn’t overwrite it. It’s a blog post, not a dissertation. (*There are many many times when you will need to keep hacking away at something. This wasn’t one of them. That is another skill, knowing when to stop editing!
Want to learn about these creative and writing skills and put them in to play?
Curious about what an improv workshop is like?
Need some accountability on a creative project you’re working on (or procrastinating about) and want some group support around getting going?
Join me this fall as I facilitate a series of improv & writing workshops:
Online, from the comfort of your home or office or home office (jammies are encouraged!)
Low cost! $35 per workshop or $100 for 4 workshops.
Join for one workshop, or join for all four workshops.
45 minutes, lunch and learn, at 1:00pm ET on Fridays.
We will play one improv game and then have time to write.
We start at the end of September, 2023.