You are invited to bring a poem or short piece of creative prose to read. We will discuss each offering and Bridget will share word-crafting techniques.
Enjoy a meditation on the nature of words. It is followed by a word-crafting and word-sharing session. Sorry, but this event is no longer taking bookings!
Enjoy a meditation on the nature of words. It is followed by a word-crafting and word-sharing session. Sorry, but This event is no longer taking bookings!
Technique to take words beyond words; guided writing meditation; inspiring readings
Technique to take words beyond words; guided writing meditation; inspiring readings
Inspiring quotes; technique; a prompt and writing time; sharing work in the group
In this month’s online group: writing techniques, readings of inspiring poetry and short prose, a writing ‘experiment’ (prompt) to undertake and time for sharing work.
In this regular monthly online group, Bridget offers a fusion of the sacred/spiritual, psychological/therapeutic and nature-based creative writing theory, skills and practice. Readings of inspirational poetry and short prose.
In this regular monthly online group, Bridget offers a fusion of the sacred/spiritual, psychological/therapeutic and nature-based creative writing theory and practice. Readings of inspirational poetry and short prose.
As we approach Valentine’s Day you’ll be guided to craft a love poem that speaks of an aspect of connection to nature. ❤️
A workshop using words to explore, express and deepen our relationship with Being. And readings of inspirational poetry
A three-hour, once-a-month online group. We’ll use words to explore non-duality and our relationship with Being.
10 am –4 pm
Tickets £40 in advance from Redwing Gallery, or Eventbrite:
As writers, storytellers and poets our task is to find ways to express what is beyond words, to make people see differently and to convey the vastest via the smallest signs – those ink marks on the page. This is a practical day brim full of small writing experiments to help you achieve that.
Bridget will begin with the premise that storytelling is fundamental to organismic self-regulation; through it, human beings survive, and thrive.
We’ll look at the (often unconscious) structures and techniques that we apply when telling effective stories, as well as gain an equal understanding of what, at times, sabotages that process.
Turning traditional creative writing on its head, rather than just applying ‘fixes’ on the page, you’ll be encouraged to reconnect with your embodied experience as a starting point for investigating a range of subjects including sensory impressions, body sensations, emotion, point of view, the narrative arc, rhythm, tension, voice, character and dialogue.
It’s a day designed to help you develop your love of word crafting and give you confidence in your natural storyteller abilities.
Sunday 12th June 2022
10am- 5pm
Studio 34 - Integrative Arts Psychotherapy space
Bickerton House, Bickerton Road
Archway, London. N19 5JT
Cost: £80. A limited number of concessionary places are available.
Please contact hello@wildwords.org to book your place, or for further information.
Using a process known as ‘found verse’ Bridget will facilitate a safe group space in which, using verbatim words as a basis, you’ll transform experiences – from joyful to traumatic – into spoken and written poems.
In the process, we’ll share experiences, track down our authentic voice and discover the stories we truly need to tell. You’ll come away with both individually and collaboratively crafted work.
To support this process there will be readings of inspirational poems and art, montage and body awareness exercises.
Bridget will address subjects including sensory impressions, body sensations, emotion, point of view, the narrative arc, rhythm, tension, voice, character and dialogue, form, working with personal and/or traumatic material, and the role of storytelling in enabling human beings to survive and thrive.
We’ll explore the (often unconscious) structures and techniques that, when we sit down to write, creates the idea of ‘block’, as well as gain an equal understanding of how to arrive at ‘flow’.
By the end of the workshop you’ll have used the smallest signs to covey the most vast, transformed the unspeakable into words, and laughed a great deal with like-minded souls.
Some parts of the day will take place in the nearby park or heath. Please bring coldproof, waterproof clothing, writing materials (laptops welcome but please also bring hand writing materials) and lunch. Tea/coffee and cake will be provided. No previous familiarity (or confidence) with words is required! Suitable for your own creative/therapeutic exploration as well as for therapists/teachers wishing to develop skills for client, student and patients groups.
‘The One True Word Project’ and the process known as ‘found verse’ was developed by psychotherapist, writer and founder of Wild Words Bridget Holding in response to distressing world situations. It offers safe group spaces, word-crafting skills and a public platform to enable the processing of emotion and the communicating of experience through words. The project publishes poetry and short prose online. Work is also read aloud on the ground where it has been written, and sent in letter form to interested parties.
The day will focus on transforming personal experience into poetry, and will include many examples of the inspiring words of others. We'll use 'found verse' as a gateway into learning techniques and exploring block and flow in writing. All skills are transferable into other genres of writing.
Bring your own drinks, snacks and lunch. Some parts of the day will take place outdoors, so come with cold-proof, waterproof clothing. Also bring writing materials – laptops are welcome but please also bring hand writing materials.
No previous familiarity (or confidence) with words is required! The day is suitable for your own creative/therapeutic exploration as well as for therapists/teachers wishing to develop skills for client, student and patients groups.
If you need accomodation for the night(s) before or after the workshop, let us know, and we can arrange that for you. And if you’d like any individual tuition while you’re here, Bridget would be happy to talk about that.
The writing process can sometimes feel overwhelming. In this course, through the writing of a short story or narrative poem, you’ll learn a system for chunking down any project into bite-size, do-able pieces.
You’ll choose your idea and start writing. You’ll be supported to negotiate moments of stuckness and block, to complete the first draft. Moving into the second draft we will consciously apply specific tools to bring passion and power into your story. These will include: emotion, sensory impressions, narrative structure, and dialogue. You’ll come away with a beautiful product, of publishable quality. You’ll feel satisfied and invigorated by the process.
This course is suitable for fledgling and experienced writers, and writers of all types of fiction and non-fiction. Please arrive at the first session with three ideas, each of 25 words or less, that could form the basis for a short story or narrative poem of up to 2000 words.
Tickets available from: www.uppinghamsummerschool.co.uk
The writing process can sometimes feel overwhelming. Here, you’ll learn a system for chunking down any project into bite-size, do-able pieces. After all, you wouldn’t try and eat an elephant whole, would you?
Tickets available from: www.swanwickwritersschool.org.uk
The Weekly Writing Group
Writing A Story From Beginning To End
Begins 17th May 2016
2.30-4.30pm Tuesday afternoons
Green Horizons, Puivert, Aude, France.
90 Euros for 6 sessions
In the six sessions you will be guided through the first and second draft writing process, to come away with a completed short story, or narrative poem (fiction or non-fiction) of publishable quality.
Places must be booked in advance.
Contact Bridget on (+33) 06 95 69 58 45
bridgetholding@wildwords.org
This workshop will focus on ways to bring aliveness into writing and how to experience a deeper connection with the natural world, through words. Using the natural environment of Lower Shaw Farm as inspiration, we’ll explore key skills to help make words jump off the page.
Tickets available from: www.swindonfestivalofliterature.co.uk
An exploration into creative writing, in the stunning environment of Batsford Arboretum.
Tickets available from www.campdenlitfest.co.uk
You will be invited to start with a fiction or non-fiction short story, or narrative poem idea. In the six sessions you will be guided through the first and second draft writing process, to come away with a completed short story, of publishable quality.
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