Remember when you were in first grade, and you brought a treasure to school to share in show and tell? That was loads of fun, so why should such a great time be available only to kids? Welcome to show and tell for big people, with a twist. Join the fun at Show, Tell, Write presented by Patricia Charpentier each…
Happy New Year from Writing Your Life! Let’s start the new year off with a bang…and a big bang for your buck. If you need inspiration, motivation, encouragement, and advice to start writing the stories you’ve been wanting to write, look no further. Writing Your Life has a number of events this month to help you start the new year in…
Have you ever hopped a ride on one of these? This wonderful rocking horse is only one of the many items that will lead you down memory lane in the Mementos and Memories workshop on Sunday, August 18th at Wonderful Things by Kim, a fantastic collectibles shop in Longwood. Kim came across this trusty steed at an estate sale in…
One of my favorite parts of reading is when something jumps off the page and strikes me as something I wish I’d written. I especially love when life story writers are able to take something that everyone experiences and make it sound special and unique. Take a look at this little prose-ish poem: I love how she writes very simply about…
Today marks the first day of Spring. For many of us, that means it’s an opportunity to start fresh, to throw open the windows and allow nature to clear out the cobwebs. Because I live in Florida, I’m fortunate to have my windows open most of the winter. Nevertheless, as a symbolic gesture, every time Spring rolls around I always…
This is a workshop that helps writers come up with topics they might not have otherwise thought to write about. You’ll be given a variety of prompts, with five to fifteen minutes of time to write about a memory related to the prompt. The class aims to tap in to your ability to write without thinking ahead too much. At the…
Healing Arts: The Story of Survival is an exhibition of works by people who participated in the Artist-In-Residence program at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Orlando. The informative exhibition tells the story of diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship by celebrating health, healing, and the therapeutic power of art. In March 2011, MD Anderson implemented an artist in residence program to use the various…
… about writing your life story, but were too afraid to ask! Why should I write my life story? Where do I start? How do I finish? What should I leave in? What should I take out? Can I write my story even if my spelling and grammar aren’t that great? Should I write about the painful times or just…
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, so today we’re going to write about that marvelous day of romance and all-around caring. In its origins, the day supposedly honored Valentinus, a martyr in Roman times who was imprisoned and executed for performing weddings for soldiers not allowed to marry and for helping the Christians. It was author Geoffrey Chaucer who associated St. Valentine’s…
Join the fun and sign up for our next nine-week Writing Your Life class, which begins on Thursday, March 14th and runs through Thursday, May 9th. Classes are held on eight consecutive Thursdays from 4:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Marks Street Recreational Center in downtown Orlando. On the ninth week of class, we enjoy a public reading and reception where…
