Reflective Journalling: 'What type of journal should I like mine to be?' - October, November & December 2024

‘What sort of diary should I like mine to be?  Something loose knit and not slovenly, so elastic it will embrace anything, solemn, slight or beautiful that comes into my mind.  I would like it to resemble some deep old desk, or capacious hold-all, in which one flings a mass of odds and ends without looking them through.’

Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf

Freeing? Playful? Empowering? Reflective writing in the safety of a private journal is a good way to take a deeper, more imaginative look at life’s experiences. Not sure how to get started, or in need of support to keep a regular practice going?  These monthly workshops will introduce you to a range of creative ideas for your own reflective journal, keeping you engaged and committed in a non-critical space.  Each month’s workshop will offer inspiring themes and tools for reflection and expression – and opportunities to share with the group if you choose to.  Join us to brighten and expand your writing practice in 2024.

We are offering the workshops in quarterly blocks of three (or two in the case of February and March following the ‘taster’ session in January).

Alison will also send each participant a weekly self-guided prompt to keep their practice going between workshop sessions!

STUDY DETAILS:

• A series of workshops on Zoom, each on the last Wednesday of the month, 5.30-7.30 pm (UK) led by Alison Cable.
• Offered in blocks: February/March (following the free ‘taster’ session in January); April/May/June; July/August/September; October/November/December.
• Three two-hour workshops on 30 October, 27 November and a date in December to be confirmed 2024, £75 (including notes, resources and weekly writing prompts).