Making Space for Writing
Overview
In this 2-part interactive, evocative discussion, Dr Amrita Narayanan takes us through the layers of complex emotional work that germinate ideas of the internal world into expressions of writing. The discussion unfurls as- 1) The appetite for writing: During this lecture Amrita Narayanan will speak about scenes in the drama of writing, talking about why (and why not) from a psychoanalytic perspective we might desire this drama. Drawing from her experience as a writer as well as her experience being therapist to writers, Amrita conceptualizes writing as a form of play, a transitional phenomenon that nevertheless involves the processing of loss. 2) The search for form: Writing is a subjective and lonely experience, but form and citations can prove to be wonderful and holding companions. In this section of the talk Amrita will talk about her own experiments with form and language and the process of how language acquisition and form deployment gives the distance necessary for authorship. Participants will be provided with an array of forms and the radical idea that no form is better than another, rather forms are only inadequate or adequate based on what the writer feels and has to say.What This Workshop Will Explore
- Aligning your writing process with your authentic self.
- Reflections on writer’s block and navigating ‘stuckness.’
- Discovering the right form and structure for your writing.
- Adapting your writing for different audiences and purposes.
Who This Is For
- Writers, therapists, students, artists and curious beginners
- Those struggling with blocks, perfectionism or long pauses
- Anyone wanting to return to writing with less pressure and more depth