Prerequisite: At least one term of The Writers Studio Level 1 Intro to Fiction + Poetry or Intro Workshop

Writers yearn to discover emotional truth and to express that truth in their poetry and prose. Yet, they often struggle with material. They feel too close to subjects they love. They avoid challenging subjects. Or they take material for granted and don’t notice material under their noses. In this class, students will learn methods to bring awareness, kindness, and curiosity and insight to their material.

Over six weeks, the class will explore simple meditation practices with a Writers Studio teacher who is also a certified Tergar Anytime Anywhere meditation teacher. After learning a practice, students will apply it during short in-class writing sessions. Between sessions, students can hand that writing to their persona narrators and continue to play and experiment. The classroom will also contain a library of persona-narrator exercises to use, if desired.

The final week, students can bring a short piece or section to read to the class. This is not a requirement, but an invitation. Student writing in all genres—fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—are welcome.

Class Structure & Details

•Format: Weekly, unrecorded live classes via Google Meet

•What to Expect: During the weekly, two-hour-long Google Meet class, we will explore a simple meditation practice and then apply it during short in-class writing sessions. Between classes, students can hand that writing to their persona narrators and continue to play and experiment. The final week, students can bring a short piece or section to read to the class, if they choose to.

•Who Can Join:Students writing in all genres—fiction, nonfiction, and poetry—who have taken at least one term of The Writers Studio Level 1 Intro to Fiction + Poetry or Intro Workshop.

📌 Note: Our Google Meet sessions are highly interactive and designed to be a safe space for sharing fresh work, so they are not recorded.

Instructor

Writers Studio Teacher

Lisa Bellamy

Lisa Bellamy is the author of poetry collections Wonder Body (Fernwood Press, forthcoming 2027) and The Northway (Terrapin Books). Bee Frequency, a chapbook, is forthcoming in 2026 (Black Sunflowers Poetry Press). Her chapbook Nectar won The Aurorean’s poetry chapbook contest. Her writing has appeared in TriQuarterly, The Sun, Massachusetts Review, New Ohio Review, The Southern Review, Sho, Allium, Verse Daily, Hotel Amerika, Salamander, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Chautauqua, Kestrel, Gyroscope Review, The Southampton Review, Calyx, Cimarron Review, Tiferet, Anglican Theological Review, PANK, Christian Century, Unbroken, The Branches Journal, Thimble, Jackdaw Review, Literary Field Guide to Northern Appalachia, and The Pushcart Book of Twenty-First Century Poetry and Prose, among other publications. She has received two Pushcart Prizes, a Fugue Poetry Prize, honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and has been featured in podcasts, including The Writer’s Almanac. The U.N. Network on Migration featured her work in a 2022 multi-media climate change exhibition. She is a graduate of Princeton University and a certified Tergar International meditation teacher.

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