Workshops vary in length from 1 to 7 days, and are offered both privately and through universities in Canada, Australia, England and the United States. There are no entry requirements. Class size is limited to 12 participants.
NB. All workshops will be held on Zoom until further notice. Time zones listed for each workshop reflect the host-country location, but if those times work in your location, you are welcome to join from anywhere around the world. Find out more about our Zoom Workshops.
“The whole experience [of doing this workshop online] has been absolutely fabulous. The structure and container has felt solid. The writing has flowed, and the online meetings have been rich and rewarding. In fact, in many ways I prefer doing Freefall online to being away from home.
Juliet Grayson,
Author, Landscapes of the Heart, shortlisted for Britain’s People’s Choice Award, 2019
As is always the case with FreefallWriting™ Workshops, all the writing you submit will be read and commented upon by Barbara. Please contact the local host or organizer listed for details and to register. If no host is given, contact Vicki at Freefall Writing or info at freefallwriting dot com
Zoom England,
7 day workshop
April 10 – April 16, 2022
(BST)
This classic week-long workshop offers sustained immersion in the Freefall process, with written feedback plus informed and supportive whole-group sessions with Barbara daily. Here, you learn what you are truly capable of achieving in writing – and how to sustain and build on that level of achievement.
Cost: £710 CAD.
Contact Mel Jones or melupamountain at gmail. com for details and to register.
Maryholme CAnada,
4 day workshop
January 8 – 14, 2023
(EST//PST)
This workshop will be held in person if logistically possible. When you contact the organizer, please specify which mode (zoom or in person) you would prefer.
Cost: TBA CAD.
Contact Vicki Pinkerton or Freefall Writing at freefallwriting dot gmail.com, for details and to register.
Australia, Byron Bay
7 day workshop
October 27 – 28, 2023
(DST/AWST)
This workshop will be held in person if logistically possible. When you contact the organizer, please specify which mode (zoom or in person) you would prefer.
Cost: TBA
Contact Kaye Gersch for details and to register.
Zoom Australia
7 day workshop
November 5 – 11
(Australian Time Zones)
This seven-day workshop allows you to escape the everyday, even in your home environment, and to immerse yourself fully in your writing. With up to 5 hours of writing and detailed, constructive feedback, daily, you will find yourself capable of more than you ever imagined. Anonymous readings help you to appreciate how well your writing works for listeners, and to hone the skills of the writing craft.
This workshop is scheduled to suit writers across Australia.
Cost: TBA
For more details contact Patricia Gill or email info at denmarkbulletin.com,
Group Dynamics
At first, doing Freefall with a group is invaluable. The group’s spontaneous response to the writing works to free the writer from the need for self-criticism. And then the magic begins …
The moment when someone shifts into that deeper level is unmistakable. Everyone can hear it. As a result, in Coleridge’s phrase, “the wheels catch fire from their own motion,” and the whole group moves to a new level of achievement. The results, in writing, are spectacular.
Freefall Works
Since 1982, Barbara Turner-Vesselago’s Freefall Writing Workshops have been helping beginning and experienced writers to overcome blocks, access energy, and establish or renew a vital connection to the written word.
In these workshops, you learn by doing: powerful writing immersion is balanced by informed, personal guidance. Every word you write is read by Barbara; selected (anonymous) passages are read aloud and discussed in a supportive, small-group setting. The primary emphasis is on learning to ‘let go’ in writing so that the creative process can carry you, and then to learn from what you’ve accomplished. Technical aspects of the craft (scene, dialogue, structure, voice) are discussed as they arise in the course of the writing.
Freefall allows you to drop into a place of effortless creativity that you didn’t know you had within you. The subconscious does the writing, while your fingers do the typing. Barbara creates a safe and supportive atmosphere to share and to explore, and expert guidance to discover your true voice.
Kelly Watt, author Mad Dog, Doubleday
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