{VIRTUAL} Your Craft is Your Story: Writing a Magical Memoir

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For those who walk a magical path, the story of how your journey began, and the person you have become along the way, is waiting to be written. Yet many of us are unsure where to begin or whether our story is worth telling. It is. The magical story of your path to the craft, whether you were raised in ritual or came to your practice later in life, carries so much meaning that it is worth the time and effort to put pen to paper. A wonderful addition to your Book of Shadows, the memoir story is something that anyone can learn, regardless of background or expertise.

You will learn the basics of writing a memoir story first, then we will move into writing specifically for witches. This process will help you excavate and name your identity, because memoir writing can help you discover and claim who you truly are as a practitioner. I'll be discussing lots of different approaches, providing you with a generous list of writing prompts, and asking you some reflective questions during class that will help you begin to formulate ideas about what parts of your journey are most forefront in your mind, for those are the places that bear the ripest fruit. You will leave class with confidence that you, too, can write your own witch's path story, and you will have a list of self-generated ideas to begin this meaningful work.

Class comes with: pdf of notes, approaches, and prompts, delivered after the class ends, plus the opportunity to send your completed story to the instructor by email for one round of supportive feedback after you've written it. All stories shared with the instructor will remain in total confidence.
 

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Susan Redington Bobby, the founder of Professor of Words, LLC, is an online teacher, a freelance editor, a writing mentor, and a tutor. Her specialty is being able to read people on a deeper level through their writing, and she has recently completed a certificate course on integrative somatic trauma therapy.  She is a retired professor of English with expertise in fairy tales, adolescent literature, goddess archetypes, magical realism, creative writing, and film studies. She is the author of Beyond His Dark Materials, the editor of Fairy Tales Reimagined, and co-editor of The Artemis Archetype in Popular Culture. The Series Editor of Tales from Fiddler’s Green, she also occasionally publishes creative fiction. She is currently studying the Bardic Course in Druidry from OBOD. She maintains Mellie’s Grove, a certified NWF backyard wildlife habitat that is home to a rescued and small stabilized cat family and all manner of wildlife.