The Written Womb
$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions (January - March)
Part writing workshop, part parental support group, The Written Womb is an opportunity to connect with other writers while exploring the complex themes and emotions in writing about pregnancy, the postpartum experience, and parenthood.
Each session will present a selection of poetry and short nonfiction prose on a specific parenting-related theme to serve as generative prompts. This workshop will offer a safe, communal space to explore emotions about pregnancy and parenthood. Writers who wish to do so will have an opportunity to share their work.
Drawing on her nearly fifteen years of experience as a licensed massage therapist specializing in prenatal and postpartum treatment, Claire Taylor will incorporate brief mindfulness exercises and body awareness will be incorporated into each session to promote comfort, peace and a nurturing environment as we confront the complicated feelings and revelations that writing about parenthood often brings forth.
Designed with new and expecting parents in mind, The Written Womb is suitable for writers at all stages of both their writing and parenting journeys.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/writtenwomb2024
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 3 sessions. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Dates: January 12, February 9, March 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30PM EST
Where: Zoom link sent after registration
About the instructor:
Claire Taylor is a writer and mother. She is the author of a children’s literature collection, Little Thoughts, as well as multiple chapbooks, including, Mother Nature and One Good Thing. Claire’s writing on motherhood has been published in Literary Mama, Scary Mommy, Nurture, and more. Claire’s debut picture book, Benjamin’s Sad Day, is forthcoming from Golden Fleece Press. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Little Thoughts Press, a literary magazine for young readers. Claire lives in Baltimore and can be found online at clairemtaylor.com.