Deeper Waters
A workshop for people who want to take their writing further
Are you craving a deeper relationship with a writing project?
Do you long to write more — more bravely, more honestly, more deeply? Do you want feedback, tools, accountability, and new ways to understand your relationship to words?
This class was designed for you.
Here’s how it works:
This is a workshop for a small group of dedicated people working on beloved writing projects. We’ll meet weekly for 12 weeks to write, workshop, and discuss writing tools and practices.. The class will involve plenty of writing in the moment, with meaningful homework to keep our momentum high between sessions.
The goal of this class is to co-create a space where you can learn what type of writer you truly are, where you want to be challenged. Bring us your passion, your mess and your questions. We’ll take it from there.
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Have done a few writing classes and are ready to take what they have learned deeper.
Are looking for supportive and meaningful feedback, and are ready to give it to others.
Have time to commit to writing. (There will be homework!)
Are motivated by writing with others in a supportive, caring environment.
Are ready to commit. Twelve weeks is a journey.
Feel aligned with our fundamental beliefs.
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Lots of new, completed work
A community who shares the same path.
Warmups and activities to get you back to the page.
A deeper sense of what is possible in your creative life.
A clear idea of what makes your creativity thrive and what makes it wilt.
Writing peers whose work you are invested in.
Courage, momentum, and new ideas.
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Have finished manuscripts that they are working to polish and publish.
Think that writing thrives best on harsh and critical feedback.
Are looking for a very quick way to inject more creativity into their lives. This class asks for your time, commitment, and dedication.
Details for Spring 2025:
On Zoom with Asifa (she/her)
12 Tuesday evenings, weekly
6:30 - 9pm ET
April 8 - June 24
Sorry this workshop is full. Please feel free to join our waitlist.
Cost:
The fee for this 12-session workshop is $870. If you prefer, you can pay in 4 monthly installments of $217.50. Tax will be added for Canadians in your local provincial rate. See our financial policies.
Four times a year, we give out bursaries for our programs to people with financial barriers. Check out our upcoming dates.
If you don’t have a credit card, let us know and we’ll gladly find a way to make it work.
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Questions?
Your answer is probably on this page.
Want more class options?
Take a peek at our small group writing workshops, our large group writing programs, our retreats, and our coaching services.
What clients are saying…
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I’d taken a couple of memoir classes with Firefly and I really wanted to take on a bigger project, possibly with some of the work that came out of one of the earlier workshops. I was thrilled about the Deeper Waters class. I had no idea how much it would integrate into my life, so much so that I felt a huge loss after it was finished! In Deeper Waters I was able to make a commitment to a project (or two) and come out with something really substantial at the end. I loved having class for months at a time and it especially got me through those dark winter nights! I recommend this class to anyone who has the time and desire to make a larger commitment to a project they’ve been wanting to dive back into.
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Before I took Deeper Waters, writing was important to me, but not a focus. Since taking the class, writing has taken on a new, exciting, and more central role in my life. It matters. I want to write things I didn’t want to before. Having regular deadlines, and real, compassionate feedback has helped my writing life become grounded and allowed it to grow into a bigger tree than I even thought it wanted to be. Thank you.
