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Writing With Heart and Mind (site will be dormant ’til mid-April. We’re moving to the high desert where we belong. See you in April!)
We offer inspirational classes when and where writers write: in the privacy of your own home—where your heart and mind are most clear, most active, most you. Because this is your time, your life, your voice, your writing community. All genres welcome.
We also offer “thought buddies” & “process pals” to help writers gather the clarity and confidence needed to write.
Workshops? We avoid them. Pedagogical research proves that 90% of the time, they do more damage than good. Been there? Done that? Try a new way. Try Writing With Heart and Mind.
Current Classes
Thought-Buddies & Process Pals
Work with a Thought-Buddy or Process-Pal. See the big picture or hammer out a gnarly detail that’s been nagging you. Get clear: move forward. WRITE. SEE DETAILS BELOW.
$150.0
Two Days, One Story (Fiction or Nonfiction)
Not into waking up at 6 am? Want to write a story in a weekend? Check out Two Days, One Story. This class fills fast!
$375.0
Writing is Listening
The name “Writing With Heart and Mind” is inspired by Joni Mitchell’s song, “Woman of Heart and Mind.” Here, Joni sings, “You know, the times you impress me the most are the times when you don’t try.” This value is core to our classes. We steer clear of the traditional workshop model, as it often encourages comparison & competition.
Our classes work from the inside out, focusing on process, not end-product, which, paradoxically, almost always generates better writing.
Think you have nothing to say? You’re in the right place! Writing isn’t based on “having something to say.” Writing is listening. Through listening, you begin to hear what needs to be said, igniting a passion that keeps your writing alive with discovery.
Consultation & Editing
The Occasional Dream
A handful of Break of Dawn Breakthroughs will be dedicated to Jungian Dream Analysis. The Occasional Dream will provide eclectic insights to transformational dreamwork and writing.
Publishing
So you’ve been writing a long time, and now publishing is your main goal? Writing With Heart and Mind offers one-on-one sessions and private editing consultations dedicated to polishing work for publication. But we never mix process and product.
Completed Manuscripts
A full manuscript is an accomplishment! Let us help you bring it to its final form.
In-Progress Manuscript
If you’re stuck on a manuscript-in-progress on any form of prose, and you’d like some help getting unstuck, contact BK Loren directly.
Biannual Retreat
Writing With Heart and Mind Will offer in-person retreats twice a year. Dates TBD.