The Writer-as-Artisan: Writing as a Living Practice

Description: It’s not unusual for a writer to feel a deep urge to write, yet lack a clear subject. So we sit around paralyzed, waiting for a ‘big idea’ to strike. But what if writing is not an arrival but a series of

ongoings?

In this workshop, we adopt the figure of the writer-as-artisan: someone for whom writing is a

functional craft, a sustained practice, something not performed in the isolation of a room, but an

attentive and communal posture towards the world. By treating writing as a living practice

grounded in a particular context, we relieve ourselves of the pressure to have ‘big ideas’ and focus