About the Course:

4 weekly 2 hour sessions​ + 2 fortnightly 90 min drop-ins
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​Are you a neurodivergent person who writes creatively, or would like to? Do you sometimes struggle with maintaining a writing practice, focusing on a task, completing projects, celebrating your own successes, or generally coping with the expectations of neurotypical society and work culture? Have you been made to feel that the ways you use language & tell stories is ‘wrong’?

​Over the four structured sessions, we’ll explore concepts and techniques for deconstructing internal ableism, and creating writing and writing practices that reflect our lived experience as neurodivergent creatives.

​Each session will involve some presentation by the facilitator (KR), a variety of relevant invitations to write & reflect, and time for small group sharing and discussion.

 

We welcome writers of all experience levels, from complete novice to published professional.

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Session 1 - What Even is ‘Time’?
Often our struggles with ‘productivity’, maintaining a ‘routine’, or being ‘consistent’ actually stem from oppressive Capitalist ideas of how time is structured, and how we are meant to ‘work’ within that structure. In this session, we’ll deconstruct these linear, goal-oriented ideas and replace them with spirally, process-centred ones. 

Session 2 - What Even is ‘Writing’?
What do we actually mean when we say we are (or are not) ‘writing’? What practices contribute to our writing process but aren’t actually putting words on a page? By expanding our understanding of what is included in our writing practice and embracing our individual creative cycles, we will find ways to start those projects that feel overwhelming, and keep up momentum when our interest and energy lags.

Session 3: What Even is ‘Grammar’?
Have you ever been made to feel that the way you use language, structure sentences, or employ punctuation, is ‘wrong’? Dolly Parton once said, ‘Figure out who you are then do it on purpose’. We’ll apply this advice to the quirks and idiosyncrasies of our writing voices in order to develop unique neurodivergent stylistics. 

Session 4 - What Even is ‘Truth’?
Neurodivergent (and other marginalised people) are rarely afforded the right to tell their own stories, and when they are, they are often expected to tell them in ways that appeal to the dominant culture. We’ll experiment with alternative narrative structures, as well as elements of the fantastical and supernatural, in order to tell our stories in ways that more accurately reflect our neurodivergent experiences and perspectives.

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All sessions will be recorded and shared with ticket holders, so it is possible to engage with the course even if you don’t attend the live sessions.

This is a large group course, with a maximum of 100 attendees. This is to keep the ticket prices low/no cost. However, there will be built in opportunities for small group connections and community building, including two 90 min Sunday drop-ins. These will allow space for discussion, reflection, questions, and group interaction, both for those who are unable to attend the live sessions, and for those who would like some extra time and space to process. 

Ticket Pricing & Info​​
General Admission tickets are £25 (or 2 monthly instalments of £12.50)

There are ten free places available on the course as standard. These are available on a first-come, first-served basis with no requirement to disclose financial or personal information. Please only choose this option if you are unable to afford the general admission ticket or 2 month payment plan. 

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• What is included with each ticket?

  • Four live two-hour Zoom sessions consisting of facilitator presentations, reflective & generative writing invitations, and group discussions.

  • Two 90-minute Zoom drop-in sessions.

  • Session recordings, slideshows, chat records, transcripts and summaries, as well as relevant further reading materials.

  • An online space via my website, where all materials will be hosted and group members are able to interact with each other and me, throughout the course and in perpetuity.

  • Free and continuous access to all Writing Sprint sessions (Mondays 5-6pm & Thursdays 10-11am UK) from the start of the course.

Attendees have the option of booking a 1:1 mentoring session with me to take place after the structured sessions end. This includes a 60-minute tutorial to discuss your writing practice, process and projects. 

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Mentoring Tickets: £37.50 (This ticket represents a 50% discount on my usual mentoring rates and is only available to course ticket holders). *Mentoring tickets must be paid for in full

​Refunds and Cancellations:
As all sessions will be recorded and shared with ticket holders, there will be no refunds or cancellations offered for this course. If you have any concerns or questions about this, please contact krmoorhead.lit@gmail.com
We reserve the right to cancel the course if we do not meet a minimum number of registrants. In this instance, all tickets will be refunded (minus payment provider and processing fees).