HYBRID

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

A ten-month (Sept through June) *Write the Self* immersive creative writing program that includes both group meetings and individual mentorship sessions. Writing the Self means that you use your own personal narratives and life experiences as inspiration for your writing. This can include memoir, autofiction, fiction and mixed-genre forms.

TIMELINE

HYBRID will run from September 2025 through June 2026.

  • Sept, Oct & Nov: in session months, both group and individual
  • December: Residency Month / Self Study (meet once as a group)
  • Jan, Feb & March: in session months, both group and individual
  • April: Residency Month / Self Study (meet once as a group)
  • May & June: in session months, both group and individual

Group process meetings will be twice per month, generally every other week. Two of the months (December and April) are residency months, meant for intensive self study/writing, but we will meet once as a group to check in/offer support. There will be no mentorship sessions scheduled during residency months.

You have (3) options to choose from, depending on your need:

  • Option 1: group process meetings, plus Saturday craft refreshers and office hours.
  • Option 2: all of option 1 + (1) 60min mentorship session with me per month.
  • Option 3: all of option 1 + (2) 60min mentorship session with me per month.

FEES

The fee breakdown will be included in the questionnaire that I will send to all queries.

WHAT YOU GET

You will get both individual and group support, plus critique on your work; there will be accountability, goal setting, and working within a solid container over a ten-month period. You should be able to get a significant amount of work done during this time.

A bank of readings are provided for inspiration prior to group sessions.

I will schedule periodic "Saturday Craft Refreshers" and open office hours. We will continually discuss elements of writing craft.

HYBRID leans more into the psychology of the creative writing process as compared to other longer term programs.

For the past decade or so, I have been slowly integrating my own creative practice as a writer, my experience as an educator and my training as a psychotherapist. HYBRID the culmination.

I can take up to (12) writers, so email me to request more information and to get on the list.

All writing levels invited and this is a mixed genre group.

EMAIL FRANCES