Here in The Meadow, you will find courses, workshops, retreats, guides and so much more!
The Meadow is always in season & designed for all writers to grow & nourish their craft.
Gather and thrive at Writing Retreats & Events
Writers meet all over the world for various themed retreats, workshops, & expeditions.
Plant the seeds with Workshops.
Live, interactive sessions that dive deep into a specific subject.
Coming Winter 2025.
Cultivate your skills with Guides.
Download handy PDFs for writers to add to their arsenal of craft advice.
Past Workshops
Unlock Your Story - Character Workshop with Lacie Erickson
(Workshop Closed)
Unleash the potential of your characters in our exclusive character workshop! Whether you are a seasoned writer or just beginning your literary journey, this workshop is designed to help you breathe life into your characters and make them leap off the page.
Open to all writers—beginners or experts. Beginners will reap the benefits of a new perspective on character and experts will get to flex their honed character creation muscles.
What You Will Learn
Creating Multi-dimensional Characters: Develop characters with depth, complexity, and relatability.
Character Backstory: Understand how complex a complex character backstory informs your character’s arc.
Character Study: As a group, we will delve into the 2008 film TWILIGHT and unravel Bella Swan, the main character, to illustrate the best ways to ask “why” and pull apart what makes an effective character.
Workshopping an Original Character: Together, we will workshop our own character and put everything we’ve learned into practice.
Why Attend?
Unlocking Character workshop is an intensive, hands-on experience that will equip you with the tools to create memorable and impactful characters. Our experienced instructors, who are industry experts, will guide you through a series of engaging exercises and discussions that will elevate your character development skills.
And, as a bonus, you will receive a fully downloadable PDF of Lacie’s detailed 14-page Character Workseet!
Tone & Diction Workshop
October 28, 2023 @2pm EST
via Google Meet
(Workshop Closed)
Learn to Master Your Manuscript’s Tone Through Diction
(soon to be a downloadable course!)
Are you ready to take your writing to the next level? Do you want to learn how to better manipulate the tone of your manuscript through diction? This workshop is for you!
I have designed a 1-hour workshop that will help you understand how to use diction to adjust the tone of your writing. Our workshop will teach you how to select the right words, phrases, and literary devices to convey the correct tone to tell your story.
In this interactive workshop, you'll work closely with your peers to apply the writing techniques taught in the workshop and receive instant feedback from our experienced writing instructor. As a workshop facilitator, I will offer practical techniques such as emphasizing or omitting specific words, sentence structures, and tone shifts to align with the genre, target audience, and narrative objective. Through interactive discussions and writing exercises, participants will leave the workshop with newfound skills in wielding language to evoke and control their reader’s emotions through tone.
Here's what you'll learn at this workshop:
The basics of and the relationship between diction and tone
Strategies to adjust and refine the tone in your manuscripts
How to avoid common writing pitfalls that can disrupt the tone of your manuscript
Practice different styles of writing through a guided activity
Our workshop is designed for writers of all skill levels, whether you're a seasoned author or just beginning your writing journey. With expert guidance, you'll learn techniques to master diction and perfect your tone. If you’re farther along in your journey, we hope you’ll find some inspiration for future projects!
So, don't hold back on your writing ambitions — join our workshop today and learn to master diction and tone! Register below to reserve your spot!