The Life Righting Collective runs courses to encourage self-exploration through life writing, raises funds for course fees and brings people together to share their stories and grow community.
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Course Reviews

COURSE:
Keystone Memoir Course
REVIEW BY:
HEIDI DUNCAN, Cape Town
"It was wonderful to be on this course: the energy from everyone was both calming and stimulating."
COURSE:
Keystone Memoir
REVIEW BY:
SELANVOR PLATJIES, Barrydale
Hi daar, ek het die vreeslik geniet. Maar het nog baie stories om te vertel. Ek het ook nie geweet skryf laat jou gevoelens vloei nie. Dan ook al wat dit vereis is stilte 'n pen en 'n spierwit bladsy om baie dit te deel.
COURSE:
Rewrite Your Childhood
REVIEW BY:
ROZ HOEK
You will never know what a gift the course has been and what it has done for me, as well as the ripple effect my writing will have in the future. The gentle guidance and patience since then has given me the joy of believing in myself as well as the sheer delight of remembering and writing. A door opened for me that has led me to meeting wonderful people who also stimulate and affirm me. "Thank you" are such inadequate words, but I have no other, except to say that you have enriched my life immeasurably.
COURSE:
Keystone Memoir
REVIEW BY:
PHYLLIS ORNER, Cape Town
I found Dawn Garisch's Life Writing Workshop gratifying and inspiring in so many ways. Her approach to creative writing is uniquely her own, and one that effortlessly accommodates aspiring and published writers of memoir from a wide variety of backgrounds. I appreciate the lengths to which she goes to allow cross-subsidization of participants not able to afford the fees by those who can. Dawn guides and infuses the workshop process with her vast expertise, energy, and delight. She creates a safe place for participants to explore deeply both positive and negative aspects of their life stories. I highly recommend this workshop to anyone who wants to write their life story. It will allow you to write creatively, with integrity and honesty, in an environment with like-minded people guided by an excellent mentor.
COURSE:
Poetry Course
REVIEW BY:
MALIKA NDLOVU
Applied Arts PractitionerThe practice of creative writing, and specifically of poetry within this sphere, has had a consistent, profoundly therapeutic effect on my life, my physical and psycho-emotional well-being. It has also had a collective healing and transformational impact on the audiences, participants and collaborators with whom I, as a professional arts activist/applied arts practitioner, have engaged over many years.
The Life Righting Collective runs courses to encourage self-exploration through life writing, raises funds for course fees and brings people together to share their stories and grow community.
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