Kate Feiffer

Morning Pages: A Novel

When her professional and family life collide, a playwright starts journaling every morning to push through her writer’s block in this laugh-out-loud and fresh take on family, friendship, and the chaos of being part of the sandwich generation.

“Morning Pages plies a withering wit in the service of an open-hearted exploration of love, career, and family."

-Geraldine Brooks

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Narrated by Mia Barron

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ONLINE WRITING WORKSHOP

Fictionalizing Your Life with Kate Feiffer

Wednesdays April 6, 15, 22, 29.6:00 to 8:00 pm EST

Cost: $250 / MVTimes members $200

We’ve all been told to write what we know, and as Nora Ephron famously said, “Everything is copy.” But writing what you know can be filled with anxiety, hurt feelings, and other minefields. It doesn’t have to be that way. This Islanders Write Immersive will dive into the growing popularity of “autofiction” (autobiographical fiction). We will discuss strategies and use writing exercises to help you liberate yourself when you’re stuck, because writing about the people and the events in your life can be hard and scary. This workshop will motivate you to reach beyond the facts of the matter and invigorate your characters, embolden your settings, and tell the stories that are inspired by the people, places, and events you’ve been trying to write about.

This four-week Islanders Write Immersive is for writers of any level. It is ideal for novelists wondering about where fiction begins, as well as for memoirists worried about revealing too much. It will include writing prompts.

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron was first published in 1992, and it was then that the world was introduced to morning pages. "What are morning pages?" Cameron writes: “Put simply the morning pages are three pages of long handwriting strictly stream of consciousness." A huge thank you to Julia Cameron for coming up with this magnificent tool that has helped get countless numbers of people over their various blocks.