Choosing the Writing Life II: New Tools for Art and Practice (Weber-McCutchan)

Choosing the Writing Life II: New Tools for Art and Practice with Kathy Allen-Weber and Ann McCutchan

Location: Writers' League Office, 611 S. Congress Ave, Suite 130, Austin

As a sequel to their sold-out workshop last fall, Ann McCutchan and Kathy Allen-Weber are presenting a second, all-new 6-hour intensive to help writers build awareness, commitment and practice in their writing lives. This inspiring medley of lectures, discussions, and exercises is designed for both beginning and established writers, and promises participants a thoughtful, invigorating boost, just in time for summer projects. Attendees from the fall are welcome; this workshop incorporates some of the ideas presented in Choosing the Writing Life I, but contains new concepts, materials, and activities. Bring writing tools, an inquiring mind, and a playful spirit.

 

Who Should Attend?

 

 

With more than four decades combined experience as professional writers and popular, results-oriented workshop leaders, McCutchan and Allen-Weber specialize in offering fresh, insightful, practical approaches to creating a “best life” as a writer.

 

Kathleen Allen-Weber, M.A., Ph.D., L.P.C., practiced psychotherapy at the Center for Relational Care in Austin before establishing a private practice. A published writer, editor, and translator, as well as a former professor of English and French, she has long been attuned to the psychological dynamics of the writing process.

 

Ann McCutchan is the author of three books, including The Muse That Sings: Composers Speak About the Creative Process and Circular Breathing: Meditations From a Musical Life. A former journalist and editor, she has taught creative writing at Cornell University and the University of Wyoming, where she was founding director of the MFA program. She currently teaches at the University of North Texas and is prose editor of the American Literary Review.