Literary Therapy: One-on-one conferences about your writing

A time to talk about what you're doing and writing.

Attic Institute president David Biespiel's one-on-one conferences have been described as "life-changing."

"David has an amazing ability to find just the right places where your writing needs focus," Merridawn Duckler, now a Senior Fellow at the Attic, raved years ago after working with David.

Many of the writers who are now regular teachers at the Attic Institute were once students of David's, including Ariel Gore, Merridawn Duckler, David Ciminello, Shanna Germain, John Morrison, and others. Now you can schedule insightful, motivational conferences one-on-one in poetry, fiction, or nonfiction with David.

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Here's what David says about the value of one-on-one conferencing: "The beauty of conferencing is you're able to be in a one-on-one conversation about your writing for a sustained period, even if it's just an hour, so that you can generate a unique rush of momentum that often helps push your writing immeditately to the next level."

About his literary therapy sessions, writer Joe Linker says, "David is engaging, personable, open and easy to talk with. The discussions led to practical and immediately actionable decisions. I very much enjoyed my conversations with David, which I left inspired but humbled, wanting to write more, and with feeling the need to reflect further on what I'm doing, and why."

About his literary therapy sessions, writer Matt Stansberry says, "My two sessions with David were fantastic. I really got everything I'd hoped from our time. Candid, usable feedback on poems. My job earns most of my family's household income. I'm not in a position to quit my career and pursue an MFA. There's not much out there for serious poets outside of academia. The Attic Institute is a great option."

How it works:

You register for one, two, or three conferences with David to be scheduled within a five week period. You send David up to 21 pages for each session, then you meet for 50 minutes to review your work. Says David: "It's like literary therapy!"

Register today for David's weekly conference calendar and have your work read closely by a teacher who has your writing's best interests at heart.

Teacher:

David Biespiel

Time:

By appointment. You will schedule a time for meeting(s) during the registration process.

Location:

Attic Institute, 4232 SE Hawthorne Boulevard

Total Fee:

$75 (1 meeting); $145 (2 meetings); $195 (3 meetings)

The Attic Institute Experience

"One of the first things my instructor at the Attic said to my class--something I had never heard before--is that courage is the most important/needful possession of a writer. I absolutely recognized the truth of that. But then, throughout the course, the instructor also opened up the craft of writing to us, demystifying it. My instructor was about as hard-working as any I have ever run into. The classes were meticulously crafted. And, yes, they were fun & engaging. I plan to continue traveling this road as a writer (and perhaps may even publish!). But in any case it is no small satisfaction just to write. And thanks to the Attic for that."

Susan Koshy