Meg Jerit
Writer, Poet, Educator, Community Organizer
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Water & Ink: Creative Writing Workshop Offerings
About: Water & Ink Workshops are heart-centered spaces with MFA level expertise, healing, and accessibility as its scaffolding. Writing is a tool between mind and body. When we tell our stories (in the genre we choose) a deep medicine emerges from our pens. Our true voices are our compass toward greater liberation. Freedom begins within. Together, we will open.
Come find your pearl. Let it shine.
Memoir, poetry, fiction, and nonfiction all offer their own tools with gems for us to unearth! Give yourself a chance to play in each of them!
“For the caged bird sings of freedom” —Maya Angelou
Unleash your story in this creative writing workshop in the genre that feels right to you. Classes are customized to students’ preference to explore memoir, nonfiction, fiction, or poetry to speak their heart’s truth.
Watch your song soar across the page in this 4 week workshop including two individual meetings with the instructor. Practice the art of holding space and experience the healing that comes with both hearing and being heard. We need more spaces for integration and creative fellowship on the healing journey. Consider this a clean well lighted place for you to begin, to pause, to imagine your next steps, or to take flight.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
Perfect for those who are:
pivoting
at a crossroads
seeking purpose and clarity
ready to unearth their authentic voice on and off the page
For writers/non-writers/seekers: looking to unearth their authentic voice and live life more authentically. Gain lasting tools as we explore the relationship between mind, body, and story. If you’re ready to write your life’s next chapter, searching for your voice on the page, or ready to welcome in more peace, join our workshop where we will uncover your heart’s vision through creativity and healing modalities.
For the leaders, the elders, the experts who are ready to cast their light across the waves on the page. Offered both in a group and 1×1 setting, the Lighthouse: Leading from Waves to Page also comes with editorial options. You’ll both gain the lasting skills to tell your story in your authentic voice, and also receive editorial support from the instructor. In just 6 weeks, we will accomplish the creation of your draft!
“There are two ways of clambering downward—by plunging into the earth and going deep into the sea…” Hélène Cixous, Three Steps on the Ladder of Writing
We reach new heights in our writing when we deepen. Craft workshops in memoir, creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry.
TRANSFORM & DISCOVER: Enter into the sacred alchemy of creation and community in Transform & Discover: A Healing Workshop that combines spiritual tools with the art of writing as you transform your life and discover your authentic voice on the page.
TAKING FLIGHT: The caged bird sings because she knows she is free. Come experience the healing power of letting your story fly freely. When we honor where we have been, we create an artifact that grounds us, but no longer weighs the body down. It’s time to put your story down on the page so that you can spread your wings.
CLIMBING DOWN THE LADDER
Are you ready to go deeper into your genre? Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction options are offered on a rotating basis in Climbing down the Ladder: Craft Workshop. This is a space to connect with other creatives and explore the depths of the page together over the course of 4 weeks. Also includes personal feedback on your work from the instructor.
LIGHTHOUSE: LEADING FROM WAVES TO PAGE
In this workshop, learn how to swivel the light of your life onto the water and illuminate your beautiful foundation for others to learn from on the page. If you are an elder, an expert, and/or someone who is ready to tell their story and share their wisdom, this is the workshop for you!
“Everything we create must ultimately be with attention & care for the Self. The process of writing is like skimming the surface of a body of water—before being plunged, met by its unknown depths. All that which is within us is invited to crest, take shape, and break through.”
—Meg Jerit on writing as gathering