In this class, we’ll be inspired to write from rotating prompts during short, timed writing sessions designed to help you get your pen moving while shutting down your inner critic. After each timed session, writers will read their new work aloud to nonjudgmental listeners who will let you know which words or images resonated with them. This zen-like practice originated in Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones. Due to the popularity of this class, anybody who does not attend the first day will forfeit their seat to the person at the top of the waitlist!

This class is suitable for all levels.

Melissa Bell-Pitts’s work has been selected as finalists in the Next Great Writers Contest and the Kentucky Women Writers Conference’s Betty Gabehart Prize.

CANCELLATION POLICY:
The Carnegie Center reserves the right to cancel a class if minimum enrollment is not met. It is best to register early to help our instructors prepare and to ensure the class does not get cancelled. We evaluate registration numbers 62 business days before a class starts to decide whether we can hold the class. Classes that do not meet minimum enrollment will be cancelled six–two business days prior to the first class meeting. All participants will be notified by email and will receive full refunds.

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