Feel Good Friday – Build your writing-friendly morning
3 July @ 11:00 - 12:00 BST
Do you have good intentions of committing to a regular morning writing routine, but find that all too often the time gets frittered away with news, emails and other distractions? If so, this workshop is for you.
There won’t be any 5am green tea cliches – it’s about how you want to start your days, and how to get honest and intentional about making that a reality.
#SoAatHome Feel Good Friday events – free for SoA Members
All #SoAatHome Feel Good Friday sessions continue to be free for members. However, for non-members, the price is £35 including VAT.
Not a member? sign up here with our special #SoAatHome offer and get 20% off for the first year – use code SOAATHOME20.
Programme
- Welcome and introductions from Lilly Brend-Fish – Events and Engagement Manager, SoA (3 mins)
- Workshop led by Emily (45 mins)
- Comfort Break (5 mins)
- Q&A with audience (10 mins)
- Summary and closing comments (2 mins)
What will this session cover?
During this interactive session, we will:
- Reflect on the reasons why mornings matter (however early or late you wake up!)
- Discover your ideal morning routine with the help of open-ended writing prompts
- Compare your current reality with the ideal
- Survey a set of powerful habit-change principles
- Get creative about using those principles to bring the reality closer to the ideal (and protect what’s already good)
- Reflect on any past efforts to make similar changes and what you can learn from them to help this time
- Use what you’ve learned to design a simple behavioural experiment that you’re excited to carry out
- And leave equipped with all you need to test out doing something differently and learn from what happens
Who is this session for?
Anyone intrigued by the potential of their first-thing routines or who feels that their mornings lack direction or intention—or have too little writing in them!
Send us your questions
If you would like to send questions in advance, email Lbrendfish@societyofauthors.org with ‘Your writing-friendly morning’ in the subject header.
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The Line-up
Emily Troscianko
Emily is a writer, researcher, and coach. She helps individuals navigate career change and recovery and build work-life habits that feel meaningful and alive. She runs the independent imprint Tamarisk Books and publishes in academic journals and experimental life-writing. Recent books include a consciousness textbook, an ethics-tested recovery memoir, and a children’s story about selfishness.
Website: https://troscianko.com
Need to know
Accessibility
- Attendees will have the option to turn on the live transcript, to watch with subtitles
- If you require BSL interpretation for this event, please email events@societyofauthors.org
Before the event
- Once registered, you will be sent a confirmation email with the Zoom link
- If the confirmation email doesn’t arrive in your inbox, please check your junk/spam email folder
- Please add events@societyofauthors.org to your Safe Senders list so you receive our confirmation and reminder emails
During the event
- This online event will take place on Zoom Meetings; you will have the option to turn your camera on or off; you will be muted on arrival
- This event will be recorded and you may be on screen
- Attendees have the option to turn on the live transcript
- This event is 60 minutes
After the event
- The hashtag for this event: #SoAatHome
- SoA Members and paid attendees of this event will be able to catch the recording on our Vimeo channel (password protected) or members can access via the SoA website.
Booking
SoA Members: Please use the ‘Register – SoA Members’ form below and provide your details, including your membership number. If you’re unsure of your SoA ID, please email info@societyofauthors.org.
Non-members: Choose one of the two ticket options below, complete the registration form, then fill out the billing info to finalise your payment.
For event or registration questions, email events@societyofauthors.org.
SoA Members – Free
Non-Members – £5
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- And much more
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