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CFLA Discernment Circle #2
with Diane Debevec
What if leadership looked like honoring intuition, deep listening and collective care?
At Women Writing for (a) Change, we grow leaders through our biannual Conscious Feminine Leadership Academy (CFLA). During CFLA, using writing as our primary tool of self-discovery, we study what Conscious Feminine leadership means and how to apply it personally, professionally, and as leaders in our community.
Applications for CFLA 2027 will open in January, and in preparation, we are holding three gatherings we call Discernment Circles, where we will provide information and answer questions about CFLA. We invite you to join us for one or more of these circles. The gatherings are free but registration is required.
- Circle #2 will meet in person on Sunday, Nov 8 from 1-3PM
- Open to all genders, ages 18+
Additional information about CFLA 2027 will be available soon on our Leadership page.
Elements of Story: The Energy
with Vicki Phillips
What gives energy to a story, drives the main character, motivates their opponent, and engages readers? Having desire, taking steps to fulfill it, being thwarted, facing the decision to fold or to persist.
Typically craft talk names this element “conflict.” Ursula K. LeGuin says, “Conflict is one kind of behavior. There are others, equally important in any human life, such as relating, finding, losing, bearing, discovering, parting, changing. Change is the universal aspect of all these sources of story. Story is something moving, something happening, something or somebody changing.”
This workshop will invite writers to explore the diversity of behaviors, including conflict, identify the specific challenge their story relates, so that the best shape of the story will emerge.
- This class runs: Sunday Nov 8, 3-5 PM
- Open to: All Genders, Ages 18+
Elements of Story is a series of three new classes focusing on key elements of story telling: Scene, Characterization, and Energy. Take. one, two, or all three! Each class can stand alone and all are suitable for writers of fiction, memoir, or creative non-fiction.
PRICING POLICY: We use a three-tier pricing structure based on your financial circumstance. During registration, please select the tier that feels most true to your current financial ability. Learn more here.
Interest Session on Writing a Novel - Virtual
with Vicki Phillips
Writing a novel has challenges, contours and craft issues specific to that form. Women Writing for (a) Change would like to support novel writers by offering a class designed with your needs in mind.
With that as our goal, we are holding two one-hour "interest sessions" - one in person and one virtual - to assess interest and to learn from novel writers what issues, topics, and types of support a course in novel writing can offer you.
Wherever you are on your novel-writing journey, please join us for one of these interest sessions.
- This session runs: Virtually
- Open to: All Genders, Ages 18+
About the Facilitator: Vicki Phillips holds an MFA in Fiction from West Virginia Wesleyan College. She has been a regular participant in National Novel Writing Month. Vicki has drafted three novels and is currently nearing the final draft of a murder mystery.
SoulCollage® Nov 10 Free Class
with Jane Pugliano
Are you SoulCollage®-curious? Join us for a free two hour SoulCollage® class and check it out! This free circle will allow time for writing, collaging, and card sharing. Supplies will be provided.
Samplers and free classes like this can help you decide if a class is a good fit for you, from our practices, to the facilitator, and more.
- Open to: All Genders, Ages 18+
- Meets in-person at WWfaC Building
Interest Session on Writing a Novel - In Person
with Vicki Phillips
Writing a novel has challenges, contours and craft issues specific to that form. Women Writing for (a) Change would like to support novel writers by offering a class designed with your needs in mind.
With that as our goal, we are holding two one-hour "interest sessions" - one in person and one virtual - to assess interest and to learn from novel writers what issues, topics, and types of support a course in novel writing can offer you.
Wherever you are on your novel-writing journey, please join us for one of these interest sessions.
- This session runs: In person
- Open to: All Genders, Ages 18+
About the Facilitator: Vicki Phillips holds an MFA in Fiction from West Virginia Wesleyan College. She has been a regular participant in National Novel Writing Month. Vicki has drafted three novels and is currently nearing the final draft of a murder mystery.
Ordinary Wonders: A Writing Workshop
with Leighann Rechtin
Inspired by Wendy Cope's beloved poem The Orange, this Saturday afternoon workshop explores the extraordinary hidden within the everyday.
What small moments bring delight? What familiar objects deserve a second look? What ordinary experiences have quietly shaped your life?
Through poetry, reflection, and generative writing, we'll practice paying attention to the simple gifts that often go unnoticed. Together we'll discover how wonder is not something we find but something we cultivate.
Come prepared to slow down, notice deeply, and celebrate the beauty of ordinary things.
- Open to: All Genders, Ages 18+
About the Facilitator: Leighann believes writing is one of the most powerful ways we come home to ourselves. As an educator, facilitator, and lifelong learner, she creates welcoming spaces where curiosity, reflection, and connection can flourish. Whether writing poetry, personal stories, or simply noticing the world with fresh eyes, she hopes participants leave feeling more grounded, inspired, and connected to their own voice.
PRICING POLICY: We use a three tier pricing structure based on your financial circumstance. During registration, please select the tier that feels most true to your current financial ability. Learn more here.
SoulCollage®: Fanciful, Fun, Fantastic
with Jane Pugliano
Explore the theme of Fanciful, Fun, Fantastic through images you’ve chosen yourself or through a thoughtfully curated packet of images that will surely challenge you to think in a new way.
We’ll use the Women Writing for (a) Change practices of gathering in circle, writing, and thoughtful but optional sharing throughout our time together. And we'll be guided by the creative intuitive SoulCollage® process in which personal collaged cards are created with simple materials to aid in a journey of self-discovery. Uncover a new way to connect to the part of you who is learning to be more grateful for what you’ve been given.
- Open to: All Genders, Ages 18+
- Meets in-person at WWfaC Building
PRICING POLICY: We use a three-tier pricing structure based on your financial circumstance. During registration, please select the tier that feels most true to your current financial ability. Learn more here.
CFLA Discernment Circle #3
with Diane Debevec
What if leadership looked like honoring intuition, deep listening and collective care?
At Women Writing for (a) Change, we grow leaders through our biannual Conscious Feminine Leadership Academy (CFLA). During CFLA, using writing as our primary tool of self-discovery, we study what Conscious Feminine leadership means and how to apply it personally, professionally, and as leaders in our community.
Applications for CFLA 2027 will open in January, and in preparation, we are holding three gatherings we call Discernment Circles, where we will provide information and answer questions about CFLA. We invite you to join us for one or more of these circles. The gatherings are free but registration is required.
- Circle #3 will meet virtually on Monday, Dec 14 from 6:30-8:30 PM
- Open to all genders, ages 18+
Additional information about CFLA 2027 will be available soon on our Leadership page.