The Headway Project
Upcoming Headway Dates:
For Autumn 2024, the Headway Project will be offered on Wednesday afternoons and Thursday Mornings approximately bi-weekly (with one Tuesday morning thrown in!). Sue has a number of commitments this fall, some involving travel, hence the “approximately”.
Please scroll to the bottom of the page to book, or see them on the calendar HERE
What is the Headway Project?
The Headway Project is an AWA method-based writing workshop specifically designed to get a significant amount of work done on a particular project with a small group of writers.
Each one of these is a 2-hour workshop limited to a maximum of 5 participants and Sue. In the first hour we will write in Pomodoro-length stretches, for instance — 20 or 30 minutes, to two or three prompts back to back. And as always, of course, you will be welcome to ignore the prompts altogether, and write self-directed work on the project that you’re there to work on.
The second hour we will read one of those just-written pieces and offer the usual AWA-method strengths-based feedback on what’s already working in this brand new piece.
I (Sue) developed this model in the first months of 2023 and my test pilot run worked brilliantly for me (and, if you read the testimonials at the bottom of this page from the early adopters, for the other writers as well!).
I hope you’ll join me for this next round of making Headway!
Registration fee for each workshop is $40 Cdn. plus HST. (45.20 Cdn in total).
Because the workshop enrollment is so small, I’ve created a waitlist for each one as well. People’s schedules are volatile; I often have a space open up at the last minute.
Once again, if you prefer to view them in a calendar format, see them HERE. Otherwise, scroll down. Testimonials at the bottom of the page.
Autumn 2024 |
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| Please note: The 7 tickets listed for each event include two waitlist tickets; participation is restricted to five registrants per Headway Project | |
| (Mostly) Wednesday Afternoons | (Mostly) Thursday Mornings |
Please Note: This one is a MONDAY MORNING |
Please Note: This one is a TUESDAY MORNING |
Please Note: This one is a Thursday AFTERNOON |
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Please Note: Wednesday afternoon Headway’s continue below |
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Testimonials for THE HEADWAY PROJECT
from the first 8 experimental sessions:
Love the longer writing time and feedback time. It’s an ideal balance!
Participant, March 30, ‘23
The prompts were very helpful: open-ended in a way that revealed many different possibilities. The second prompt was offered in the form of a question and, being a question, encouraged me to reflect and focus in order to respond. Worked very well.
Participant, March 24, ‘23
I feel like I’d love to do more of this and yet it feels like the right amount of time to help me keep going on this project. It’s very encouraging.
Participant, April 20, ‘23
Can’t wait to do it again. It felt really good to read a bit of my story and get feedback. It was feeling like a long isolated process lately.
Participant, March 16, ‘23
The prompts were very helpful: open-ended in a way that revealed many different possibilities.
Participant, March 24, ‘23
There was sufficient permission to ignore the prompt and keep writing. I found the questions useful even when I didn’t include them in the piece I was engaged with.
Participant, March 9, ‘23