Learn Something

This my new blog project. Since launching the first Bring Yourself e-course, I have been thinking more and more about teaching. Learning is a huge part of teaching and I want to learn more. Admittedly, I do already fit a huge amount of learning into my days. I surround myself by stacks of books in academic libraries, read novels, research obscure subjects and spend an unimaginable amount of time on the Internet. But I am hungry to learn more.

This project is about learning in a different way. I want to learn different things. Instead of big, earth shattering things, I want to learn things that are important to me. I want to find things out about myself and the places I go. I want to explore and investigate the world. Even if that is just by taking my dogs for a walk in the woods or having a conversation with someone I don't know.

As soon as I learn something, I am going to write it down on the nearest scrap of paper. I will photograph it there and then and share it with you. The sharing will be a part of the learning.

I am going to try and learn as much as possible. It will involve walking around with my eyes wide open looking for opportunities to learn. I think that's a good thing.

If you want to join me on my learning experiment/ mission/ whatever you want to call it, I would love to have you along for the ride. Please share what you learn. Maybe you could write it in the comments or post what you learn on your own blog. I would be thrilled to work on this with other people. That's when the fun stuff happens.

Joining In

I am usually more of a listener, an observer and a recorder. I save everything, store it in a notebook and write about it later. Blogging seems fast and furious, a rapid pace of thinking and writing. I read dozens of blogs everyday; craft blogs, creative blogs, book blogs, blogs written by people I haven't met who live in places I have never been.

It is daunting to join in the conversation. I want Bring Yourself to be a place where everyone can take part. I want it to be a place where all that listening, watching and reading gets turned into words and stories.

Handmade Writer

The first e-course offered by Bring Yourself is Handmade Writer. This 6-week course starts on 12th April and registration opens today.

Handmade Writer is all about taking a crafty approach to creative writing and using the fabric of your life to tell your own extraordinary stories. You will supported by me, Amy, to gather together material from every source imaginable. You will learn about the craft of writing and how to sew these fragments together to build your own pieces of writing. You will go on your own creative journey and document everything your discover along the way.

During the 8-week course, you will be set a writing exercise each week. You will also receive a variety of creative stimulus each week, including challenges and videos. With me as your guide, you will be encouraged to share your writing with a unique community of writers in our private online community space.

I hope you like the sound of it.

Bring Yourself

I am incredibly proud to launch Bring Yourself. There have been months of plotting and scheming, designing and writing and now we are ready to go. Special thanks to Michal William at Semi Square for all his wonderful designing.

Bring Yourself offers creative writing e-courses. Each course is an opportunity to try something new. This might be a new approach to writing, a fresh way of looking at things or a chance to experiment in a new genre. The e-courses are about building unique creative communities, online spaces where writers are able to share their writing in a supportive environment. Each course is lovingly designed by a experienced, published writer who will support you all the way.

Thanks for visiting. I can't wait to see what happens next.