A one-of-a-kind writing workshop for those who want to write about thoughts, feelings and experiences with their pets and the birds and animals we interact with or observe.
Participants will work with fiction as well as non-fiction. The writing exercises will cover all writing moods and styles, from the funny and playful to the serious and sentimental.
This is not a workshop about animal therapy or about animal communication. It is purely a writing workshop with the focus on putting in words and communicating to other people, the joys and challenges of having an animal in your life.
Popular columnist, novelist, editor and counsellor, Gouri Dange has been working and playing with words for the last 20 years. Her writing workshops draw a range of participants, where the emphasis is on helping people find their writerly voice. She is the author of three novels, four books on parenting, a children’s book, a book on a tyrant dog, and is currently working on two more books. She teaches Creative Writing at FLAME University.
Unleash the writer in you with a variety of writing exercises that will cover:
The animal-human bond
The comic and the entertaining
Character word-sketches
Animal activism writing
Biographies, blogs and diaries
Obituaries and memorials
Playing with different genres like poems, haikus, short-stories, novel structures, essays, editorials, the workshop will provide tools to budding as well as seasoned writers to express themselves about the joys, fears, heartbreak and responsibilities of being an animal lover.
A suggested reading-list will be provided for participants to follow up on after the workshop.
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Charu Chaturvedi
Paws and pen
Even though I could only attend 1 session of the 2 day class. I really enjoyed it. I have not written in a long time and in those few hours encouraged me to think about what I want to write and how I want my writing to go especially for this theme.
12 April, 2021
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Neelima Deshpande
A wonderful weekend visiting my dearest pet
I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of this weekend workshop on writing about animals in my life. I wanted to use the creative inspiration to process my grief at the passing of my dearest Cookie ( he died during the lockdown when I couldnt be with him). I went through the gamut of sadness, tears, heartache, joy, appreciation and gratitude for his life. I could finally write an obituary and an epitaph for him. He isn’t buried where I can visit everyday thanks to the lockdown but Gouri helped me process my grief and meet him in my imagination to tell him how much I loved and appreciated him. Thank you so much for this opportunity to feel deeply and heal my hurt.
2 February, 2021
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Shreya Chaubey
Ana amazingly experience
Its been a one of a kind session that I have attended and I really enjoyed the theme and content. Thanks
2 February, 2021
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Dipali Taneja
An Em'paw'ering experience
I didn’t think I would attend this workshop because I never thought of myself as a great animal lover. In recent weeks, though, I found myself, strangely for me, growing fonder and fonder of my son’s rescue dog, Betty. During the course of the workshop, I realised that animals actually had played a significant part in my life, whether fictional or actual. The structure of the workshop was excellent, leading to much learning and creativity. Gouri’s mentorship, as always, makes it an unforgettable experience. The energy of this particular group of participants was also phenomenal.
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