DIVING INTO THE WRECK:
EXPRESSIVE WRITING
DIVING INTO THE WRECK: EXPRESSIVE WRITING
FALL 2025
DIVING INTO THE WRECK is inspired by Adrienne Rich’s poem of the same name, which you can read in full here. The group takes inspiration from the idea that there’s a difference between “the wreck” and “the story of the wreck.”
DIVING INTO THE WRECK began in 2017 as a personal nonfiction narrative workshop, offering critical feedback using the traditional workshop model. It ran until 2023 using that model; however, now participants in DIVING INTO THE WRECK groups do not offer critical feedback about the craft of writing, but instead are asked to write freely, using the act of writing is a tool for emotional exploration, personal growth, and healing. There’s an option for folks to share what they wrote after the in-session writing time and discussions center on process, not product.
Writing from DIVING INTO THE WRECK can be used to develop a creative project, prod one that’s been on the skids, and/or as an adjunct to individual psychotherapy.
What will the writing prompts be like?
DIVING INTO THE WRECK: Expressive Writing prompts will invite you to write from different parts of yourself as you reconsider
significant life events and explore the emotional landscape, core beliefs, and bodily sensations that live within.
Want to find your way out of the story you tell yourself about yourself?
Want to bring a stalled writing project back to life?
Interested in writing memoir but don’t know where to start?
Playfully engage in metaphor and creativity so that the hidden and ignored parts of yourself can emerge.
Each 90-minute session will include:
A guided writing exercise
Optional sharing
A group discussion/reflection period
And with time permitting: psychoeducation to connect the dots
ATTEND ALL 5 SESSIONS FOR $175 | À LA CARTE SESSIONS $40
NO COMMITMENT NECESSARY TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL FIVE SESSIONS
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*For privacy purposes, session recordings will include writing prompts only, not group sharing or group discussions.