I'm offering my semi-annual writing workshop, Writing With Horses: Finding Forward Motion in Your Writing, in March and wanted to announce it here for any local folks who might want to attend. (non-local folks are welcome too, and there is a lovely inn ten minutes away that I can refer you to for lodging)
The details for the spring 2008 offering:
Saturday, March 1st and Saturday, March 22nd workshops both have openings.
This day-long workshop uses horses (groundwork only, no experience necessary) to begin new projects and/or find/fix stuck places in existing work. It can be tailored to one person's needs and can be expanded into a 2-day workshop if needed.
The workshop is scheduled at my home and farm, November Hill - from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. We are located in NC. The cost is as follows:
one participant - $250.
two - $225. each
three - $200. each
Payment is expected by check with registration and will not be refunded if cancellation occurs with less than a week's notice (7 days).
I can tailor the workshop somewhat to individual needs, but the basic format/schedule is this:
10 a.m. - arrive and do intros, share goals for the day (which may be to initiate new writing or work with a stuck place in a current project, or other specific goals)
11 a.m. - review safety issues re: working with horses, meet the horses and decide who to work with during the day, groom and prepare for groundwork
break around 1 for "working" lunch, which is provided (simple fare - fruit, bread, cheese, soup, etc.) to discuss morning's work with horses and make plan for afternoon - writing exercise, more time with horses, some of both
2 p.m. - proceed with afternoon as planned
4 p.m. - wrap up
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If you're interested, email HERE.
billie hinton’s camera-obscura:
life and lessons on November Hill Farm
That sounds like a unique workshop. A wonderful opportunity for writers to emerge from behind their desks and interact with horses, and perhaps glean some insights along the way that might be helpful in their writing. If I were a writer, I would surely enjoy this workshop!
ReplyDeleteIt's tremendous fun, and almost always revelatory in some way for the participants.
ReplyDeleteI've said before that working with horses in the arena is, in a way, the life-sized version of the Jungian-based sandplay therapy I do in my office.
Both processes have proved incredibly useful for creative artists of many kinds in addressing issues with their work.
Wish you could be here! :)