Writing is Meditation with Nick Jaina

Writing is meditation. Meditation is breathing. Breathing is growing. Growing is learning. Learning is reading. Reading is writing.

The purpose of this workshop is to give you confidence to create a project, organize it, and complete it. Everyone is welcome to join, whether they studied writing in college or have always been unsure how to get going. The focus is on getting over fears so that we can just write. You will gain confidence and realize that writng can be generated at any time. You don't need to wait around for inspiration.

You will also learn how to start assembling little pieces into a satisfying whole, and find ways of creating the structure in your lives that will regularly include writing.

We will talk about story structure, mechanics, and developing a routine to make writing a part of your life.

All styles of writing welcomed: poetry, fiction, non-fiction, short story, memoir, and essay.

Nick Jaina is a musician and writer from Portland, Oregon.

He is a co-founder and musical director of the Satellite Ballet and Collective in New York City.

He released his first book, Get It While You Can, a work of non-fiction, through Perfect Day Publishing in January 2015. It was a finalist for the 2016 Oregon Book Awards.