Description
It’s not like writing should be easy or fun or joyous all the time, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be. We’ve all been happy writing, is what I’m saying—we’ve been deep into a project, happily typing away like that Typing Cat .gif—but when we’re not, when we’re deep in a hole or feeling lost or irritated with our words, we forget that joy is possible.
In this workshop, we will return to the generative possibilities inherent in joy, and we’ll talk about strategies to help us return to that state when we’re feeling stressed out or worried about what we’re creating or where our words might end up. I’ll also share some particularly joyful moments from fiction and talk about how they can lift and shift a narrative, how they can remind both readers and writers that joy is very much a possibility, on and off the page.
