Our lives are constantly bombarded with st ressors that physically and mentally drain us\, and this is especially tru e in recent times. Thankfully\, there are several means that can help us c ope with these stressors and even traumas\, and writing is one of those me ans. Both experienced and inexperienced writers use writing as a tool to a chieve healing\, wellness\, and examine traumas. Writing for Wellness\, or Expressive Writing\, is not about writing to impress others or even being grammatically correct. Writing for Wellness means writing about whatever is weighing on your heart and mind.
\nThis workshop is presented in partnership with the \;India na Writers Center. Check out other writing workshops at library branches this season!
\nInstructor Dominique Weldon is a Black biracial writer who grew up in Iowa. She is a first-generation college graduate of the University of Iowa and received her MFA in Fiction from Butler University\, where she served as the nonfiction editor of Boo th. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Lover&rsquo\;s Eye Press\, DarkWinter Literary Magazine\, and Erato Magazine. S he lives in Indiana\, where she teaches at the Indiana Writers Center and reads fiction for Split Lip Magazine. She is currently working on her first novel as well as a graphic novel. \;
\n\nGet r eady for this writing workshop with some book lists about writing:
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