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Find Your Voice (beginners)

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An 8-week Online Course for Beginning Writers.

Write from where you are.

Write as who you are.

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Have you always wanted to write, but weren't sure how to begin?

Do you find yourself noticing things, collecting memories, imagining stories, or wanting to put your thoughts into words?

Perhaps you've started writing before and stopped. Perhaps you've kept journals for years. Perhaps you've never written anything beyond an email or text message.

Wherever you're starting from, you are welcome here.

Find Your Voice is an online writing course for beginning writers who want to develop confidence, experiment with different styles of writing, and discover what makes their own voice unique.

What This Course Is About

Over eight weeks, you will:

  • Experiment with first‑, second‑, and third‑person narration

  • Explore story, letter-writing, poetry, dialogue and reflection

  • Learn how point of view, metaphor, and image shape voice

  • Develop confidence in sharing your work

  • Give and receive constructive feedback

  • Recognize and strengthen your unique writing voice

Each week combines reading, discussion, and writing, allowing you to learn by doing.

How the Course Works

We meet online once a week for two hours.

During each session we will discuss short readings by notable authors, explore a specific writing technique, share and discuss our own writing, and offer supportive, constructive feedback

  • Length: 8 weeks

  • Live class: 2 hours per week (online)

  • Bonus follow-up meeting: Several weeks after the course ends, we meet again to reflect on how your writing has developed

  • Weekly writing: 1-2 pages in different genres

  • Community blog: Comment on classmates’ work on your own schedule

Weekly Journey

Week 1 — Beginnings
Getting to know each other, writing about ourselves, and exploring our goals as writers.

Week 2 — First Person: "I"
The core of expression. Narrative and personal storytelling.

Week 3 — Second Person: "You"
Intimacy, distance, and direct address. How the person you are writing to frames the story.

Week 4 — Third Person: Character and Perspective
Understanding perspective.

Week 5 — Image and Comparison
Using metaphor to communicate feeling.

Week 6 — Dialogue
How characters reveal themselves through speech.

Week 7 — Point of View
How changing the speaker changes meaning.

Week 8 — Looking Back, Looking Forward
Reflecting on what we've learned and where we want our writing to go next.

Who This Course Is For

This course is for you if:

  • You want to write but don't know where to start

  • You've started writing and lost confidence

  • You enjoy reading and want to understand how writers create their effects

  • You're looking for a supportive creative community

  • You want regular motivation and accountability

  • You are curious about your own voice and stories

You do not need:

  • Previous writing experience

  • A degree in literature

  • Publishing credits

  • Confidence

You simply need curiosity and a willingness to write

"I allowed me to reflect on my writing and myself, and what I wanted to achieve."

"I would recommend the course to anyone interested in writing."

How to Register

Registration includes:

  • Eight live online classes

  • Weekly readings and writing prompts

  • Access to the private online community

  • Instructor and peer feedback

  • Bonus follow-up session

Class size is intentionally limited to create a supportive and engaging environment.

To Register:

  1. Complete the registration form

  2. Receive confirmation and course details

  3. Join the online community

  4. Begin your writing journey

Find Your Voice

Class size is intentionally limited to create a supportive and engaging environment.

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A Final Word

Writing begins with paying attention.
The world is full of stories, memories, images, conversations,
and questions waiting to be explored.
This course offers time, structure, guidance, and community to help you discover
what you want to say—and how only you can say it.
Your voice is already there.
Let's find it together.

Writer & Writing Teacher

I've been writing and teaching writing for many years. This course grew out of a conviction I keep returning to: that every person has a way of seeing the world that is worth developing and sharing — and that most beginning writers simply haven't yet had the right conditions to discover it.

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