Writing Resilience is a 4-week Zoom writing workshop for people who have been affected by trauma, addiction, and/or mental illness. We will write our stories to empower ourselves and increase coping and resilience, as well as to work toward writing a memoir, poetry collection, or novel. Join the workshop that has been called "life changing" "useful and motivating" and "generated a lot of good work." The workshop meets Sundays, August 7, 14, 21, and 28 at 3:00-5:00 pm Eastern and Wednesdays, August 10, 17, 24, and 31 at 7:00-9:00 pm. Eastern. $129 for all four sessions.
Contact larissa@larissashmailo.com for information on classes
and private lessons.
"Larissa Shmailo's Writing Resilience Workshop
helped me to write again after a period of writer's block. In the past I have
not been able to write in response to prompts, or to write in-workshop, but
something about Larissa's leadership and compassion—along with the warmth of
the group—freed me to participate. I am grateful for the experience and highly
recommend the workshop." —Rachel Blum, author of The Doctor of
Flowers
"Larissa Shmailo is a true warrior of the written/spoken
word, as her life and work ignites her. What an honor to be one of her
students! Her class is generative and I produced some pieces that were
published quickly. We did in-class exercises and read our work aloud. Got
excellent feedback from her, as well as the other students. If you get a chance
to take Shmailo’s class, jump on it. She is a gift to the writing community.
WOW!"—Meg Tuite, author of five short story collections, two poetry
collections, and published in numerous literary magazines, as well as
anthologies.
“This course created the space and structure in my life to
make writing a regular part of my day. Larissa’s excellent exercises and
insightful feedback served as the basis for rich class discussions and
workshops. I felt connected to my classmates and found myself feeling at home
among them— a rare treasure for such a compact time frame and over Zoom. I
would highly recommend this course to any writer who wants to get back on track
but is struggling to enact this desire day to day.” — Anna Fridlis, writing
instructor, Parsons School of Design
“Larissa Shmailo is astute, discerning, and perceptive . . .
Larissa brings to the workshop the rare capacity of true interest in the work
and the lives of her students. She affirms the writing in a way that
demonstrates understanding of the content - through specificity and authentic
reaction to the piece. This class allows the processing of personal trauma
while also freeing it in the direction of publication. One is left realizing
that the world does want to hear your story.”
— Sandra Kleven, publisher, Cirque
