Make Journaling Easy.
Do you want to keep a journal, but struggle to stay motivated?
The problem isn’t you – you just need the right tools to make journaling fun. In my new community, Journaling with Kayleigh, you’ll find everything you need. Tips and printable guides to inspire you, monthly challenges to keep it fresh, and conversation with journalers just like you to make it fun!
The best part – it’s completely free! Click the link below to sign up.
Hello writer!
I’m Kayleigh and I help beginning writers find the habits that work for them, so they can get out of their heads and enjoy writing again.
Once upon a time I was a burnt-out professional in the financial services industry, dreaming about writing but never putting a word on the page. In 2008 I took a writing class down the street from my office and, little by little, started putting the pieces of my writing life together.
I made a lot of mistakes along the way, and wasted a lot of time listening to advice that stifled my creativity and made me feel like there must be something wrong with me because I didn’t write every day (still don’t), I couldn’t hear my characters speaking to me (oh well), and my journal entries always fizzled out after “Dear Diary” (I built a whole class around this!).
Today I have an MFA from Emerson College, publications and award nominations for my short stories and essays, and over ten years teaching experience in colleges and writing centers -- including that downtown writing center where I took my first writing class all those years ago.
Now, I’m passionate about helping blocked writers like I used to be stop beating themselves up and find a path back to writing. If this sounds like you, welcome.
I’m so glad you’re here.
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Featured Class
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Jumpstart Your Novel
Class offered through Grub Street Writers Center.
So, you want to write a novel! In this class, designed for writers embarking on a new fiction project, we'll work together to understand what makes a novel work—and how you might translate that knowledge to your own pages. Over the course of six weeks, students will generate new material based on prompts for in-class and at-home writing. For inspiration and guidance, we'll read one novel together over the course of the class, using the text to discuss elements of fiction such as point of view, character, conflict, and setting.
Throughout, we’ll check in about struggles and victories, share strategies for staying motivated, and build momentum together. Writers will have the chance to share work with their peers, but our focus will be on generative writing and mutual support rather than critique or workshopping. By the end of the course, you’ll have a collection of new scenes, along with the craft skills, insight, and energy to keep going.
6 Wednesdays, Jun 3 - Jul 8 | 6 – 9pm ET | Grub Street, Boston Seaport | $415 ($400 members) | Register at: https://grubstreet.org/workshop/jumpstart-your-novel-shoen-su26