spiral writers
Spiral Writers’ journey
(4 month, small group virtual writing program Jan- April plus retreat April 25-28)
Imagine sitting around a campfire with trusted writer friends, taking turns to stand and read what you have written that day.
Your body is tired from hiking the old growth forests and rocky bluffs of this remote island. In your hands you are holding the most true and compelling writing you have ever written.
Gazing around this circle, your heart is full. These generous and courageous people have helped you become the most impactful writer by listening with open hearts, by challenging you to refine your voice with the full range of laughter and tears. The smell of cedar woodsmoke mixes with the salt air, and you hear the distant roar of what you recognize are Sea Lions. Owl calls smoothly from the darkening forest. With a deep breath and a clear voice, you begin to read…
Words are Spells.
It's time to take back the power of the written word!
About seven years ago, I set out to write a book. I believed in my story, and felt that I had a lot to say. But whenever I sat down to write, it felt hard.
I was a critical and fragile writer. It certainly wasn't the fulfilling mode of creative expression I hoped for. After months of "working" on my book, I became aware that my joy of writing was being held hostage by the various forms of perfectionism and inner criticism that I had absorbed as an academic. My primary relationship with writing that I had at that time was as a tool of persuasion, primarily influenced by my many years of academia.
It took me two years to "free my inner writer", to redesign my relationship with my creativity through the written word. Since then, I have written and published a book (not the one I thought I would!), won multiple writing prizes including two national book awards and a Pushcart nomination. Most importantly, writing has become one of my most trusted allies.
A BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM
This is the writing program I wish I had seven years ago. Like all of my work, it is filled with spirit, nature, transformation, community and magic.
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The ‘Spiral Writers’ Journey’ is a 4 month virtual program designed to reclaim and nurture your relationship with writing. We will meet in-person in April for a Springtime retreat on Lopez Island.
We will hold two spacious monthly virtual calls to create belonging and continuity of community. There will also be writing dyads to support accountability. And of course there will also be individual writing coaching offered monthly by me! Details Below.
Finding our voice as a writer takes time, and requires consistency, courage, and discipline.
The Details
Spiral Writers’ Journey
4 months (mid Jan- mid April 2024)
Limited to 6 people
8 group calls: 1.5 hours on Tuesdays every 2 weeks
1 hour Individual Coaching call per month: 4 calls total
Lopez Island Retreat: April 24th-28th (wed eve- sun am)
Dyads
$4,000- $4,500 (depending on room accommodations)
If you are ready to:
• Prioritize and commit to a daily writing practice
• Write as a tool of self- transformation
• Learn new ways to write using new tools, perspectives and creative challenge
• Open with curiosity and willingness to what wants to be written through you
• Engage with Nature as a writing partner
• Be Inspired and Inspire
• Learn to love writing!
• Open to what wants to be written through you
• Change your story
• Write, write, write...
...then these programs might be for you.
All program participants know in their bones…
…that redesigning their relationship with writing is what’s next for them.
It's time to let go of what is blocking your written creative expression. It's time to honor the power of your story, and turn the healing power of the pen towards yourself. As we journey into writing together, every writer will become clearer and more committed to the purpose they are here to serve. Each will emerge with written work that informs and changes the trajectory of lives.
The Spiral Writers program is officially open
If you are called, please use the link below to schedule a conversation with me to find out if this is a good fit.
You can also contact me here if you have any Questions.
I look forward to embarking on a year of empowering our authorship together!
Our words will change the world. It’s time. Let's begin!
With Love,
Abigail
About the Facilitator
Abigail Morgan Prout is a passionate advocate for writing as a medium of cultivating professional leadership. Specializing in nature-led leadership through online courses called Spiral Leadership and in-person retreats, She has worked with thousands of leaders throughout her 25 year career as a leadership coach. Abigail has spent the last 8 years as faculty for the Co-Active Training Institute, facilitating their coaching and leadership courses and as a Co-Active blogger. She returned with her husband Clive to Washington State to live on the small island where she grew up to raise their two children, Iona and Jax. She can be found rambling, singing, and listening in the coastal forest every morning with her silky black lab, Bella. Walk Deep is the winner of the 2021 Homebound Poetry Prize, the 2023 Nautilus book award and is currently nominated for a Pushcart prize.
