In this first session, you’ll be guided through the best exercise you can do to fulfill your dreams as a writer – and the one that set Marc on his own path to success as a publisher, writer, musician and composer. We’ll talk about finding your voice and freeing yourself from the stranglehold of writer’s block.

In this session, we’ll cover some of the issues we all must confront when you begin your life as a writer: discovering your artistic voice, finding the balance between inspiration and craft, overcoming the pain of rejection and having the courage to fail, the dilemma of making a living, the unlikely benefit of anonymity and the unexpected burden of success.

In this session, we’ll share some of the hidden discoveries you will experience on your journey: the magical power of accident, the importance of long patience and making the right decision, the joy of making friends across time and space, the conundrum of being finished with your work emotionally before the work is actually complete, the hard decision of knowing when to let your work go.

In this session, we’ll share our experiences of working together as writer and editor for 30 years: What makes a good editor (and a bad one), as well as what you’ll want to look for in this essential relationship that ultimately shapes the writer’s work. We invite your participation and sharing of writing samples in a safe environment. Together, we can look at a selection of writing and offer our thoughts on where it is strong, where it could be improved, and suggest ways to make it a better piece of writing.

In this session, we’ll look more closely at issues that have come up in the first four weeks, and delve more deeply into subjects that you, the participants, have brought up, or that we feel need to be explored more fully.

In this session, you’ll discover why the writing life matters, both to the individual and the wider world, and how artistry can be applied to every facet of your life.