SHAVAWN M. BERRY

Starting in 2027 and running throughout the year, you can join me for a series of transformative online writing workshops. Free workshops will be held via the Live link on my Substack, shavawn.substack.com.

I will be teaching several different, 3-hour online workshops, as well as several longer sessions filled with writing prompts, exercises, Zoom calls, and, for the intensives, access to a writing teaching platform called Wet Ink.

Topics include

Kickstart Your Big, Juicy, Lush Writing Life - a three-hour online workshop designed to help you access the joy and release of creative writing. All skill levels welcome.

PoemCrafting, PoemCrazy, PoemKindred - Three 3-hour poetry workshops meant to be taken in any order as individual workshops, or as a series, to get you started on compiling your poetry collection.

The Healing Balm of Words: Using writing to heal what has hurt you. Based on the work of Louise De Salvo and James Pennebaker, Ph D.

Writing to Change the World. Let's pick up our pens, dust ourselves off, and head into the fray, writing to encourage and enliven our readers. The world needs hope. Raise your voice and join the conversation. Resources on where to share your writing with the world as published pieces will be provided. Suggested reading: Mary Pipher’s Writing to Change the World.

Letting Spirit Drive the Car: Spiritual Writing Opening yourself to writing that comes from the still small voice within. Examining essays and books that explore spiritual awakening in a variety of faiths and traditions. Reading list provided at registration.

Telling Stories After the Fire - An Intensive 3-month online memoir & personal essay workshop focusing on shaping and building a unique story only you can tell. This is restricted to just ten writers and requires a writing sample to register.

I will offer early-bird pricing for workshops, payment plans, and free workshops, as well as DIY Workshops you can purchase in my store.

Creative Services

Book Proposal Assistance

Need assistance in shaping your book proposal? Want help with sample chapters, query letters, market research, or the basic formatting and presentation involved with a professional book proposal?  I can help.  

Editing/Proofreading

With more than 40 years of editing experience and 17 years of teaching college students to hone and polish their editing and proofreading skills, I can assist you in making your prose shine.

Manuscript Review & Feedback

Having trouble working the kinks out of your story?  Getting lost in unrelated details that derail your narrative? Weighing your prose down with enough detritus to sink the Titanic?  I can help you 'kill your darlings' and clean up the mess afterward.  Every writer needs someone who can help find the diamonds in the 'coal chute' and polish them up.  

Building a Room of Your Own as a Writer

Want a writer's life? Want to find a way to effectively make a living doing something that makes your soul soar?  Want to wake up every day excited about the work you are doing?  I can help you to find your way into creative and deeply satisfying work, just like I did.

Writing mentoring is done on a project basis and depends on the time commitment and the number of writing and review sessions we schedule. Please schedule and purchase your session or sessions in my online shop.