Build Your Story
April 13, 2024, 10-4 (lunch included)
Ever wonder how authors come up with interesting stories? Ms. Upczak will show you the building blocks of a story: character, setting, theme, and plot (the problem and the solution). Experience fun, hands-on activities using intriguing prompts and a basic blueprint. By the end of the workshop, your creativity will be flowing and you will have the satisfaction of having completed your own story. Then you can take the blueprint and build some more. Offered as a one-day course in person, or online course in two parts.
Make Your World Come Alive!
May 4, 2024, 10-4 (lunch included)
Do you love to delve into a book and enter another world? Ms. Upczak will show you how to enrich setting and character through imagery and description. You’ll do fun writing exercises to help make your story a vivid, multi-sensory experience that readers can’t resist. This workshop will help your writing shine!
Make People Leap Off the Page!
May 25, 2024, 10-4 (lunch included)
Learning how to make your readers love your characters is essential to a successful story. Ms. Upczak will share ways to create vivid, three-dimensional characters who stay with your readers long after the last page. She will lead you through short writing exercises designed to let your characters develop and shine.
Sculpting A Memoir
June 8, 2024, 10-4 (lunch included)
You have the raw material – memories of people, places and experiences. Now how do you put them together and chisel them into a riveting piece of literature? Ms. Upczak will discuss ways to structure your story, create intriguing scenes, flesh out characters, build suspense, and weave in essential themes. Be ready to do fun writing exercises to bring your memoir to life. This workshop will give you a basic tool set for a fascinating life story.
Adventures in Novel Writing
June 15, 2024, 10-4 (lunch included)
Writing a book can be a wild journey. Thrilling, and at times just hard work. Ms. Upczak will share practical, emotional and psychological strategies that have helped her enjoy the adventure and finish each of her books. You will leave the session feeling energized and equipped with new tools to get through the rough parts of your own book-writing journey.
Reiki I and II classes
April 20, 2024
June 22, 2024
Reiki I – $150.00 (10-4) lunch included.
Reiki II – $250 (12-4) One-hour session must be scheduled with Reiki Master the week before the class.
Reiki I classes consist of 4 attunements (this is what makes people able to reiki). The goal is to start the process of balancing one’s energy and being physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually aligned. This reiki is from the Traditional Reiki Alliance.
Past Life Workshops – $200 (5-9) dinner included
April 20, 2024
June 22, 2024
Past life workshops guide individuals through meditations in order to understand their own past life experiences. These workshops are $200, from 5-9 pm, and include dinner. For more information please contact us via email at [email protected], or call 303.517.2676.
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