We are all interconnected. Made of the same universal fibres. Woven into the same fabric. When we tune into this source, we can more easily spot patterns, echoes, hidden meanings — the seemingly random stuff of art. Strengthen your connection to the realm of metaphor with a practice I call Deep Noticing.
When we’re truly moved by writing that amazes us, what we are actually feeling is the transformation the writer experienced through the creation of their work. How do we make ourselves available for that transformation?
The point of creative writing is to transmute the ineffable. We use words to communicate all the things we can’t put into words. Language makes it possible. And language can also lead us astray
Listen to my conversation with Carmen Spagnola about Radiant Shimmering Light.
This 30-minute video will train you to create solid boundaries around your writing time. I have collected all my thoughts on the subject, and share the techniques and tools that I use:
I help writers centre their relationship with writing so they can do the creative work they long to do.
My collection, This Cake Is for the Party, was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book, and longlisted for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.
My novel, Radiant Shimmering Light, was published in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the U.K., the U.S., and Poland. I’m thrilled to announce it has been optioned for television and will be a premium one-hour series.
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Our school welcomes people of all identities, races, abilities, and interests. We share an inclusive, generous, and heart-centered point of view, and are committed to cultivating a culture of empathy and insight.
Our headquarters are on the traditional territory of the Wendat, Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee Peoples, adjacent to Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) territory.
