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SUMMARY:Writing Momentum writing workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join creativity coach and writer Meg Dunley for a weekly online writing session designed to help you build and keep a consistent writing practice. It’s a little like a guided shut-up and write with accountability. \nEach Wednesday morning session runs for one hour and includes a poetry-based prompt to spark your thinking\, 40 minutes of silent focused writing time\, and a brief accountability check-in to start and close the session. Whether you’re working on a novel\, memoir\, poetry or any other form of writing\, you’re welcome here. \nWriting Momentum runs throughout the year. The session is recorded and sent to all members on Friday afternoon\, along with the prompt\, poem and questions. \nSessions are open to Momentum\, Focus\, Elevate and Creative Empowerment Coaching Program members. New members can join with a 7-day free trial. \nWhen: Every Wednesday\, 7:00–8:00am Melbourne time \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nMore information and to join
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/writing-momentum-wednesdays/2026-09-02/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Dunley%2C Creativity Coach":MAILTO:meg@megdunley.com
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SUMMARY:Writing Momentum writing workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join creativity coach and writer Meg Dunley for a weekly online writing session designed to help you build and keep a consistent writing practice. It’s a little like a guided shut-up and write with accountability. \nEach Wednesday morning session runs for one hour and includes a poetry-based prompt to spark your thinking\, 40 minutes of silent focused writing time\, and a brief accountability check-in to start and close the session. Whether you’re working on a novel\, memoir\, poetry or any other form of writing\, you’re welcome here. \nWriting Momentum runs throughout the year. The session is recorded and sent to all members on Friday afternoon\, along with the prompt\, poem and questions. \nSessions are open to Momentum\, Focus\, Elevate and Creative Empowerment Coaching Program members. New members can join with a 7-day free trial. \nWhen: Every Wednesday\, 7:00–8:00am Melbourne time \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nMore information and to join
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/writing-momentum-wednesdays/2026-08-26/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Dunley%2C Creativity Coach":MAILTO:meg@megdunley.com
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SUMMARY:Writing Momentum writing workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join creativity coach and writer Meg Dunley for a weekly online writing session designed to help you build and keep a consistent writing practice. It’s a little like a guided shut-up and write with accountability. \nEach Wednesday morning session runs for one hour and includes a poetry-based prompt to spark your thinking\, 40 minutes of silent focused writing time\, and a brief accountability check-in to start and close the session. Whether you’re working on a novel\, memoir\, poetry or any other form of writing\, you’re welcome here. \nWriting Momentum runs throughout the year. The session is recorded and sent to all members on Friday afternoon\, along with the prompt\, poem and questions. \nSessions are open to Momentum\, Focus\, Elevate and Creative Empowerment Coaching Program members. New members can join with a 7-day free trial. \nWhen: Every Wednesday\, 7:00–8:00am Melbourne time \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nMore information and to join
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/writing-momentum-wednesdays/2026-08-19/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Dunley%2C Creativity Coach":MAILTO:meg@megdunley.com
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SUMMARY:Writing Momentum writing workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join creativity coach and writer Meg Dunley for a weekly online writing session designed to help you build and keep a consistent writing practice. It’s a little like a guided shut-up and write with accountability. \nEach Wednesday morning session runs for one hour and includes a poetry-based prompt to spark your thinking\, 40 minutes of silent focused writing time\, and a brief accountability check-in to start and close the session. Whether you’re working on a novel\, memoir\, poetry or any other form of writing\, you’re welcome here. \nWriting Momentum runs throughout the year. The session is recorded and sent to all members on Friday afternoon\, along with the prompt\, poem and questions. \nSessions are open to Momentum\, Focus\, Elevate and Creative Empowerment Coaching Program members. New members can join with a 7-day free trial. \nWhen: Every Wednesday\, 7:00–8:00am Melbourne time \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nMore information and to join
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/writing-momentum-wednesdays/2026-08-12/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Dunley%2C Creativity Coach":MAILTO:meg@megdunley.com
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SUMMARY:Writing Momentum writing workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join creativity coach and writer Meg Dunley for a weekly online writing session designed to help you build and keep a consistent writing practice. It’s a little like a guided shut-up and write with accountability. \nEach Wednesday morning session runs for one hour and includes a poetry-based prompt to spark your thinking\, 40 minutes of silent focused writing time\, and a brief accountability check-in to start and close the session. Whether you’re working on a novel\, memoir\, poetry or any other form of writing\, you’re welcome here. \nWriting Momentum runs throughout the year. The session is recorded and sent to all members on Friday afternoon\, along with the prompt\, poem and questions. \nSessions are open to Momentum\, Focus\, Elevate and Creative Empowerment Coaching Program members. New members can join with a 7-day free trial. \nWhen: Every Wednesday\, 7:00–8:00am Melbourne time \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nMore information and to join
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/writing-momentum-wednesdays/2026-08-05/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Dunley%2C Creativity Coach":MAILTO:meg@megdunley.com
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SUMMARY:Creative Boundaries & Saying No | Creative Mindset Masterclass
DESCRIPTION:In August’s Creative Mindset Masterclass we’ll explore how to protect your time\, energy and creativity while maintaining relationships.\n\nA common challenge for our creative work is that it gets squeezed out of our schedules. It’s not squeezed out by disaster or by anything we couldn’t\, technically\, have said no to. Instead\, often our creative work is squeezed out by the accumulated weight of everything else: family obligations\, social commitments\, favours\, requests that assume we’re available because we usually are. \nThis month’s Creative Mindset Masterclass is about understanding why our creative time keeps being the soft thing in the schedule\, then building the practical tools and the mindset to change that. \nYou’ll leave with: \n\nA clear\, specific understanding of what you’re actually protecting and why it matters\nPractical language for saying no without lengthy explanation or apology\nA strategy for managing the guilt that comes with protecting your time\nAn understanding of how to protect your creative vision\, not just your calendar\nYour writing time officially in your diary before the session ends\n\nYour creative work is not a reward for getting everything else done. It was never supposed to be. Come and decide to treat it like what it is \n\n \nWhat we’ll cover\n1. The mindset shift\n2. 5 practical strategies with interactive exercises\n3. Community Q&A (15 minutes)\n \nWhat makes this different\nThese masterclasses are interactive and engaging\, not lectures. This one will be fun and you’ll leave with practical tools you can use immediately\, plus connection with other writers who understand exactly what you’re navigating.\nEach month explores a different aspect of sustainable creative practice: momentum through life’s seasons\, overcoming self-doubt\, managing comparison\, building courage\, and navigating the real challenges of a writing life.\n \nWho this is for\n– Writers whose writing keeps being the first thing sacrificed when life gets busy\n– Writers who feel guilty closing the door and sitting down to write\n– Writers who’ve tried to protect their time before and found it doesn’t hold\n– Anyone who needs to hear that their writing is a legitimate use of their time\, not a luxury\n \nInvestment\n• FREE for members\n• $22 single session ticket\n• $198 annual pass\, access to 10+ masterclasses throughout the year & monthly creative mindset newsletters\n \nYour creativity is not a reward for getting everything else done\, it was never supposed to be. Come and decide to treat it like what it is.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/creative-boundaries-saying-no-creative-mindset-masterclass/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education
ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Dunley%2C Creativity Coach":MAILTO:meg@megdunley.com
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