Description
Join me for a 4-hour intensive workshop in place-based and nature writing to
- explore your relationship with place
- write stories you’ve been thinking about
- learn new structures and ways to craft
- honor the wild earth through story
My hope and dream is that our time together is an interlude of creativity, flow, and inspiration for you.
The workshop includes:
- generative flow-writes
- the Kittredge schema
- the flash essay
- craft techniques
- examples of the work
- getting the work done
- publishing and marketing
- Q&A
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Handouts, reading pages, and so forth are posted on a shared Google Drive. I will be providing you with the link.
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The session will be recorded, and that will be posted to the Drive as well.
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WHAT YOU GET:
1. You get an inspired space to “ship the work.”
2. You get me to motivate you.
3. You get me to guide you every step of the way.
4. You get to leave with drafts or starts to multiple short essays.
5. You get some useful handouts.
6. You get some publishing ideas.
7. You get time to ask me questions.
8.You get to see other people, like you, working toward their goals & visions.
9. You get to feel like you did your job.
10.You get to write about your passion for nature and place.
11. You get new ways of thinking about place and nature.
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FAQS
Is the workshop in person?
No. The workshop is online.
But will we all be live?
Yes, the workshop is live via Zoom.
How will I get the Zoom link?
You will receive it by email from Janisse directly after you register.
How many sessions are there?
One 4-hour session one afternoon.
Is the workshop recorded?
Yes, the session is recorded and will be uploaded to a shared Google Drive.
If there are handouts, how do I access them?
They will be loaded to a shared Google Drive.
How do I access the Drive?
Janisse sends you a link to it.
How long does the workshop last?
It starts at 1 p.m. and ends at 5.
Do I need to already be a writer?
Absolutely not. You can be a raw beginner. This workshop is open to folks of all skill levels.
Do I need to write well?
Come as you are.
Will I have to share my work?
Definitely not.
May I be in contact with Janisse directly?
Yes, please feel free to contact her either using the Contact Form on the website or at this email address, wildfire1491@yahoo.com.
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BIO
Writer Janisse Ray has earned a living from her nature writing for 30 years. Her first book, Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, told the story of growing up on a junkyard in south Georgia amid endangered longleaf-pine flatwoods. The book sold well, won awards, and was named a New York Times Notable and a Book All Georgians Should Read.
Janisse has published many books of literary nonfiction, two collections of poetry, and a short novel. Her collection of essays, Wild Spectacle, was chosen by Pam Houston for the Donald L. Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence, which carried a $10K award. In 2024 Ray indie-published Craft & Current: A Manual for Magical Writing, then Journey in Place: A Field Guide to Belonging
Janisse has won a Pushcart Prize, an American Book Award, and a Southern Environmental Law Center Writing Award, among many others, and has been inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. She has taught at the University of Mississippi, Hollins University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Bread Loaf Environmental, Orion Online, and many more. She holds an MFA from the University of Montana, where she returned to teach as the William Kittredge Distinguished Visiting Writer.
Janisse lives and works on a historic farm an hour inland from Savannah, Ga. She’s crazy about dark chocolate, wildflowers, blackwater rivers, and the blues.
