Harness the Power of Daily Writing

Sorry, this class has been canceled.

Everything you need to know to create and maintain a daily writing practice that works

For anyone who wants to be a practicing or professional writer, it makes sense that you would set out to write every day. What could be more straightforward? Isn’t that the logical way for books, plays, poems, and other pieces of writing to get done?

However, every writer struggles to write regularly. Would-be writers, beginning writers, and seasoned writers alike find it easy to not get to their work. And this can be a huge problem, because when you skip days, suddenly weeks, months, years and even decades can vanish.

The downside of not writing every day isn’t a lost few days—it’s the frustrating and disappointing loss of time. But it’s not too late to end that pattern now.

In this Wednesday, Dec. 2 live class, author and creativity coach Dr. Eric Maisel will show you how to construct and maintain a powerful daily writing practice, one sturdy enough to withstand your own writing doubts and fears, your uncertainty about what to write or whether your writing is any good, your less-than-perfect circumstances, and everything else that gets between you and your writing aspirations and dreams.

This workshop will cover:

  • Why it’s so hard to create and maintain a daily writing practice, and what you can do to turn that picture around
  • The top elements of practice (a solid daily practice is constructed out of nameable building blocks)
  • The best way to start and end your daily writing practice
  • 5 reasons why your daily writing practice should happen first thing each morning (and what to do if you hate that idea)
  • 10 main challenges to daily practice and how to meet those challenges

Who should take this class

  • Beginning to intermediate writers
  • Fiction writers working in any genre
  • Writers of memoir and creative nonfiction
  • Creative writing students of any age

How do I know if this webinar is worth the cost?

This is an important question, and it’s a tough one to answer—especially since so much online education is available free of charge. Furthermore, every student is different, and a valuable webinar for one person can end up being a disappointment to another. For this reason, we offer full refunds if you register, attend the entire class, and fail to get the information you were looking for. Please email us directly to request a refund.

Do I have to attend the live class?

No. Everyone who registers will get access to the recording. However, if you’d like to attend live, keep reading.

How do I attend the live class?

This class uses Zoom webinar technology. You will join through your Internet-connected computer or mobile device. When you register, you will receive information via email on how to join the class. If you don’t receive it within 1 hour of registering, please contact us.

  • When: Wednesday, December 2, 2020
  • Time: 1 p.m.–2 p.m. Eastern Time / 10 a.m. Pacific Time
  • Fee: $20

The webinar is broadcasted via the internet with live audio delivered through your computer or mobile device speakers. The visual presentation is displayed directly from the presenter’s computer to your computer screen. The Q&A is managed through a chat-style submission system with questions read and answered by the presenter for the entire class to hear.

Closed captions are provided for the live class. We use Rev’s closed caption service, powered by AI, which is about 80%+ accurate. Keep in mind there is a time delay; transcription speed varies based on how fast the Internet hamsters run that day.

Eric Maisel

About the instructor

Dr. Eric Maisel, a retired family therapist, is widely regarded as America’s foremost creativity coach. He has written extensively on the challenges of the creative life, and his books specifically for writers include Deep Writing, Write Mind, Living the Writer’s Life, A Writer’s Space, A Writer’s Paris, and A Writer’s San Francisco.

Dr. Maisel leads workshops for writers online and around the world in locations like London, Paris, New York, San Francisco, Dublin, Rome and Prague. He also writes blogs for Psychology Today and The Good Men Project. He divides his time between Walnut Creek, California, where he and his wife live, and Belmont, California, where his grandchildren babysitting skills are required. Learn more at his website.

Eric Maisel does more than illustrate why a daily practice can be any creative person’s most powerful tool. He also gives us, point by inspiring point, components that make up such a practice. He leads would-be practitioners through a variety of potential daily practices that can enrich their lives.

Judy Reeves

author

Creating a daily practice and engaging in it is proving to be an enormously rewarding, life-changing, and exciting experience for me … Finally I’m making progress toward my business, personal growth, educational, and artistic goals. 

Ann Debontridder 

teacher

My daily practices now truly reflect my goals in life and have given me a satisfying framework for living my most productive and meaningful life possible.

Elena Greco

creativity coach and counselor

You’ll receive the following

  • Access to the 60-minute interactive class. After 45–60 minutes, Eric will take questions using in-class chat/text. The class will end after roughly 60 minutes.
  • A recording of the class—audio and video. This is especially helpful if you have a conflict with the class time or something comes up and you can’t make the session. Each registration comes with access to the archived version of the program and the materials for 30 days. You do not have to attend the live event to get a recording of the presentation.
  • Presentation slides. All participants receive a copy of the slide presentation in PDF form.
  • Rough transcript. We use Otter to create an automated transcript of the entire webinar, which we’ll share with you in addition to the audio and video recording.

Event Attendance & Anti-Harassment Policy

We strive to provide an environment where all present—whether attendee, presenter, or staff—can feel supported. In order to ensure a welcoming event, here is what we expect from all who participate.

  • That the presenter and the presenter’s work be treated with respect by attendees and that all attendees treat each other with respect and a generosity of spirit.
  • That attendees will refrain from harassment of any sort including (but not limited to) comments or questions of a racist, homophobic, sexist/sexual, or threatening nature. This includes actions that disrupt or interfere with anyone’s ability to participate. Offenders will be disconnected from the live event.

System Requirements to Join the Webinar

We will be using Zoom webinar technology.

You’ll need:

  • An internet connection: broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE)
  • Speakers: built-in or USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth

Recommended bandwidth:

  • 600kbps (down) for high-quality video and 1.2 Mbps (down) for HD video
  • If you connect through audio only: 60-80kbps (down)

Supported operating systems:

Supported tablet and mobile devices:

  • Surface PRO 2 running Win 8.1
  • iOS and Android devices
  • Blackberry devices

Supported browsers:

  • Windows: IE 11+,  Edge 12+, Firefox 27+,  Chrome 30+
  • Mac: Safari 7+, Firefox 27+,  Chrome 30+
  • Linux: Firefox 27+,  Chrome 30+

For a detailed listing of system requirements, check Zoom’s site.