StudioGraphia Workshops

Best Practices for Authors

Do you have a book in you, longing to get out? This workshop will address as many of the issues that authors face as we can fit into our time together. From idea conception through revision, editing, publication, promotion and platform building, join The Mercenary Writer to get your book into the world. Explore your options for traditional or self-publishing, and begin to build your network of readers.

Session 1: Business Plan.
Session 2: Business Structure.
Session 3: Professional Development.
Session 4: Record-keeping and Organization.
Session 5: Best Practices for Productivity.
Session 6: Platform, Marketing, Social Networks.
Session 7: Tools of the Trade.
Session 8: Work/Life Balance: Priorities and Planning.

Best Practices for Freelance Creatives

The central focus of this Workshop involves the nitty-gritty, nuts-and-bolts work of establishing and maintaining a successful freelance writing, editing or design career. Participants establish a flourishing freelance practice as they work to achieve specific, measurable goals over time.

Session 1. Business Plan.
Session 2. Business Structure and Professional Development.
Session 3. Rates and Fees.
Session 4. Record-keeping and Organization.
Session 5. Best Practices for Productivity.
Session 6. Platform, Marketing, Social Networks.
Session 7. Tools of the Trade.
Session 8. Work/Life Balance: Priorities and Planning.

Build a Blog and Social Network

Build your blog, from start to regular publication and promotion. Learn about best practices in blogging, why and how to have an editor for your blog, how to use an editorial calendar to schedule posts for the best time of year, create guidelines for guest contributors, identify sources for supporting images, and promote the blog to your target audience.

Session 1. Best practices in blogging.
Session 2. Blog platform options, or incorporation with existing website.
Session 3. Professional Development Resources for bloggers.
Session 4. Why and how to have an editor for your blog.
Session 5. Editorial calendar.
Session 6. Create guidelines for guest contributors.
Session 7. Identify sources for supporting images.
Session 8. Promote the blog to your target audience.

Creative Productivity

Are you a writer, artist, or performer who wants to overcome creative blocks and dissatisfaction, and don't know what to do next? We can help you address the pressing concerns that stop you from a fulfilling creative practice. The central focus of this Workshop involves the work of establishing and maintaining a productive and fulfilling creativity practice. Participants establish a supportive community as they work to achieve specific, measurable goals over time.

Session 1. Creativity in Daily Living.
Session 2. Creativity in Artistic Expression.
Session 3. Creativity Practice-Building.
Session 4. Procrastination Sickness.
Session 5. Protecting Creative Space.
Session 6. Creative Accountability.
Session 7. Creativity and Limits.
Session 8. Creativity and the Marketplace.

Write It Out: The Journal as a Tool for Personal Growth and Lasting Change

The central focus of this Workshop involves the Big Questions in our lives. We employ kinesthetic, sensory, and other methods in combination to access multiple sources of creativity and self-knowledge. We develop habits of observation, reflection, meditation, movement, and playfully creating artwork in our process of inquiry. We ultimately meet our own wisdom and develop habits to access it more often and more deeply. Participants establish a journal-writing practice that gently holds the writer accountable for achieving specific, measurable goals over time. Writers establish a comfortable continuity in the practice of journal-writing in an ongoing Journal-Writing Group, and take time to assess progress.

Session 1. Introspection/Grounding/Big Questions.
Session 2. Play.
Session 3. Body.
Session 4. Aesthetics.
Session 5. Mystery/Archetypes/Dreams.
Session 6. Community and Resources.
Session 7. Daily Progression Practices.
Session 8. Intention/Action Plans/Accountability.

Note: While the curriculum for each workshop does have important themes and processes that naturally lead from one session to another, none of the Workshops require previous participation in any other session. There is no essential chronological order to our system. We aim to meet and provide support for our participants, wherever they are in the process. Each writer brings his or her particular expertise and experience to bear on the practice at hand. We honor and respect that you are the expert at living and writing your own life, and do not presume to force your practice into our timeline. If what we offer speaks to you, come and join us!

Location: Goodmans Interior Structures, 3741 N I10 Eb Frontage Rd Tucson, AZ 85705 (Click here for directions)

Times: Generally Thursdays, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Each session is a discrete unit. You may drop in for any or all sessions, in any order.

For specific dates, please see SignUpGenius Page. You can also sign up for notification about upcoming workshops and venues, and get the information delivered right to your inbox.

Price Packages:

1 session, prepaid or drop-in: $50.00
4 sessions, prepaid: $160.00 ($40 each)
8 sessions, prepaid: $240.00 ($30 each)
16 sessions, prepaid: $400.00 ($25 each)
24 sessions, prepaid: $1200.00 ($20 each)

Registration

Please sign up for Workshop Sessions at SignUpGenius (click here).

Payment is due 10 days before the workshop session to reserve your spot. If you might be able to drop in at the last minute, please contact Heather to see if there is a space for you. Please enter your payment confirmation code and any discount code in the comment section of SignUpGenius.

Payment Option 1: PayPal

1. Log on to PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/

2. Send money to Heather Severson at info@studiographia.net.

(Be sure to take note of your confirmation number to enter it in the SignUpGenius form.)

Payment Option 2: Personal Check

1. Mail your check to: StudioGraphia PO Box 40983 Tucson, AZ 85717

When your check has been deposited, you will receive a confirmation email. This payment option takes the longest, so plan ahead and allow 10 days for processing. Include the dates of sessions you would like to attend.

Do you want to sponsor a workshop for your group, team, or organization? Click here.