EXPLORING YOUR PERSONAL ODYSSEY
By the end of this intensive and fun one-day workshop you will have written a personal essay.
Explore your personal journey through writing. Get comfortable with your own voice, tell your story, learn a few techniques (like the Little Red Riding Hood principle) and zen-music-speed writing
Paul developed this approach towards personal exploration by looking at his own writing. He found that he wrote best when freed from the tyranny of structure and spelling. While good writing certainly demands structure (and grammar and organisation) it equally needs creativity and freedom, and a secure environment where people can take chances.
Perhaps you have been conditioned to equate writing with hard work. This is because our teachers generally promote the notion that writing should be controlled by the adult/editor/grammar-oriented left brain. The result is that the emotional/creative/child-like right brain atrophies. One of the ways we break through the adult-tyranny is by using music as triggers (Verdi, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tina Turner, Beethoven) to stimulate emotions that we explore in expressive writing exercises.
Come prepared to laugh, explore, take chances and be surprised by the power of your voice.
Paul has a unique approach to helping people discover themselves and to developing their hidden creative writing skills. Below are just three of the many appreciative comments from previous workshop participants:
"It helped me get in touch with authentic aspects of myself, express them and unlock my natural style of writing"
"A unique and very rewarding combination of media, music, humour and creative exercises"
"My first workshop with Paul was exhilarating, encouraging, sometimes daunting and definitely to be continued!"
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