Do you have stories inside of you, stories you would like to write? This offering will assist you in getting started and in advancing your ideas and your wishes, even if these are yet unconscious. Join Dave “Hinch” Hinchliffe as you: explore your yearnings; develop your voice; and negotiate an exciting, workable path.

This kind of writing, which Hinch himself is deeply rooted in, is known to improve mood, mental health and the immune system. Carefully selected prompts lead the writer into bite-sized starting points and often lead to larger creative endeavors. Putting pen to paper for even fifteen minutes per day will deliver strong results, and the work will validate your feelings, your creativity and your very right to write.

This workshop is designed for writers looking to write more deeply and to write as a supportive, healing modality. Come to the sessions with the following: pen and paper, your courage, and a sense of humor. You will leave with inspiration, increased knowledge, and motivation to commit more emphatically to a writing practice.

About the Instructor: David ‘Hinch’ Hinchliffe is writing a flash-fiction collection detailing his challenging childhood and his courageous recovery from the same. Hinch has been a high school and college counselor, a professor of English and Speech Communication, a soccer player, coach, referee and a mid-distant track runner, He holds advanced degrees in Counseling, Creative Writing, Speech and Rhetoric. He is presently crafting a collection of Flash Fiction entitled: “From Trauma to Triumph: A Memoir”. It is about the courage and intelligence he developed in surviving a cruel foster placement from age two.