Venue: The Writers Workshop
Facilitator: Amanda Marples
Getting to the page and staying there can be tough for any writer, whether you are an academic, novelist, poet or freelancer.
If you are neurodivergent (or think you might be), it can be even tougher, and there are good reasons for that. Join Amanda Marples for a comprehensive walk through all the common areas of difficulty. In this series of workshops you will learn why you are like you are, why your brain seems to be conspiring against you, and what you can do about it.
You do not need a diagnosis to attend these sessions. Sessions are designed to stand alone, so you can just attend the ones you think might be most helpful. You can also block purchase all 6 workshop at a reduced price. Sessions are fortnightly on Sunday mornings until 20th April, 2025.
What workshop 3 is all about:
Time flies, and never more so that it seems to around the neurodivergent writer. This workshop with Amanda Marples is all about pesky clock-time: how to use it, how to manage it, how to be its boss (and not the other way around). Learn the truth about productivity, habits and routines, and why time-blindness is such a problem for those of us with brains wired up differently than the average Shakespeare.
Workshop 4: Paralysis, Motivation & Focus. (23rd March) It's no fun being glued to the sofa with a racing mind, especially if you have a deadline or the kids are going to be home in an hour and you’ve not written a word. In this workshop you will learn how to get started when the dopamine has left the building…and how to keep going.
Workshop 5: Imagination & Overwhelm. (6th April) Creativity requires ideas, and stability. What if you don’t have much of either? This workshop will expose, explore and offer solutions to some of the most difficult areas for neurodivergent writers: rigid ways of thinking, aphantasia and emotional dysregulation.
Workshop 6: Demand avoidance. (20th April) Ever found yourself wanting to write something and immediately thought…nope? Does it have a weird, illogical stubbornness about it? Welcome to Demand Avoidance. This final workshop is all about this bewildering, poorly understood feature of neurodiversity. Learn what demand avoidance is, where it comes from, and how to deftly sidestep it to land on the page where you belong.
Please note: Unfortunately, the Writers Workshop space is not wheelchair accessible. We apologise for any disappointment. Amanda is planning to offer these sessions online in the future, and also offers individual mentoring. For more details and to join Amanda's mailing list please visit reconcilecreative.com