Welcome to Your Home for Free Creative Writing Exercises

I’m Stephen Lloyd Webber, founder of Wellness and Writing Immersion Retreats. Not everyone is physically or financially able to travel across the world with us for a writing retreat, so I created this free virtual space for creative writers from around the world to get together and learn. In a very short amount of time, this site has become a really popular place among creative writers.

Exercises are a great kick-start for a creative writing project, and they are immensely helpful for maintaining creative writing as a practice. I send out exercises to hundreds of writers each day, grouped into e-courses on a variety of writing topics.

Why These Courses are Free

Though I lead Wellness and Writing Immersion Retreats all around the world and teach several creative writing courses online, many writers who visit this page don’t know who I am. As a way of getting to know each other, I want to offer you something of value.

If an in-depth one-on-one course is more of what you need, visit writingimmersion.com to learn more about the 3- and 10-week courses I teach. They’re not expensive and they’re a lot of fun. My students have had excellent results with Writing Immersion courses.

Free Creative Writing Courses

Course 1.  Direct Observation

Do you sometimes get stuck in the details? Have you ever wondered how to write better descriptions?

This course digs deep into the thick of what propels different modes of descriptive writing, taking you through exercises that challenge you to observe again, and observe closer.

The heart of dynamic descriptions is direct observation.

If you’re looking for an original and exciting take on writing descriptively, this course is for you.

Course 2.  The Erotic

Let me begin by stating what this course is not. It is not a heavy-breathing, candlelit, adults-only affair. I have a different way of defining the erotic. When human beings go around in the world, they do so with their bodies. We are drenched in sensory phenomena. When a critic or teacher tells you to show, not tell, they’re  hoping your writing will benefit more from the “erotic.”

Course 3.  Poetry and the Spirit

What makes sacred poetry different from other types of writing? What is it about haiku that can stop us dead in our tracks with only a few words? How can writing be a spiritual experience?

This course guides you through some insights into modes of writing that lead to a richer experience of the world around and within you.

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