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STORY CONSULT 

PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS
& INSIGHTFUL FEEDBACK
for Memoirs, Short Story Collections,
Family Histories,
Films. Holistic Health Websites & all creative endeavors

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GROUP WORKSHOPS

I am now doing group workshops
as  part of a
cross cultural
experiential project.
Faraway is Close
farawayisclose.com

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RECORDED WORKSHOPS

recorded versions
of workshops
you can do at at home


The creativity writing workshops I facilitate in New Mexico and elsewhere seek to inspire body spirit and imagination through the open-hearted encounter with metaphor, nature, alchemy, and cross cultural songs and stories; they incorporate deep play, theater, song, and movement to nurture a felt body sense of inspiration and create embodied prose and lyric writing.

At their core is the invitation to speak sing live write in the rhythm of the story only you can tell. At their heart, is a belief that harnessing your creativity excavates your truth.

In the alchemy of these encounters, I believe, there is resonance, guidance, and healing - for ourselves and the communities we call home.

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A new online workshop - Saturday July 25. Watch the PROMO video below. Then CLICK HERE to read More...
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POEMS FROM HERE, THERE, IDHAR UDHAR, aquí allí


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PURCHASE STEP INTO STORY
& contact me to set up your sessions

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PURCHASE Faraway is Close: Mongolia
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PURCHASE Gratitude in Metaphor & Movement
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WRITE WHERE YOU ARE
an 8 day virtual writing encounter/retreat


(This was originally offered during the Covid Pandemic from March 29 to April 7 and mixed Zoom online sessions with daily writing assignments)

EVERYDAY...

Everyday of this virtual retreat, you will receive an audio guided writing meditation plus links to readings/songs/stories from different cultures and communities - faraway is close! - to inspire your writing journey that day.
The email will have suggested writing assignments/themes.

write at your own pace, at your own time

at the end of the 8 days. send me a 3 page excerpt from your writing and I'll respond with brief nurturing feedback..

FEE
IN CONSIDERATION OF THIS VULNERABLE FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT MANY OF US ARE LIVING,
THE FEE IS $50 (usd) + tax
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For addl info/questions:
please write or call Shebana Coelho,
cell 609 651 5840 (MST)    |    writeoutloud13 at gmail dot com

Purchase Write Where You Are



Postponed to Fall 2020
Please contact me for info

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PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS


WRITE WHERE YOU ARE


a 10 day virtual writing encounter/retreat
that
balances group sessions with the freedom of writing where you are, when you want.


Sun, March 29 to Tuesday, April 7 (world health day)

O​VERVIEW

The hope is to create together a bower of solace and creativity, to put pen to paper and write what matters, to nurture equilibrium and connection.

We enter NATIONAL POETRY MONTH with our writing​ ​and we end on WORLD HEALTH DAY as a symbolic and hopeful stance.

Memoir/fiction/poetry/hybrid forms + all levels of writing welcomed.

How it works

Receive a daily audio guided writing meditation​ via email​; you write at your own pace and upload excerpts to a private folder​ ​+ ​we will have ​three online group sessions (you can also call in via phone) at the start, middle and end of the retreat​ to set our intentions, share and connect.

WRITE AT YOUR OWN PACE

Everyday of the retreat, you will receive an audio guided writing meditation plus links to readings/songs/stories from different cultures and communities - faraway is close! - to inspire your writing journey that day.
The email will have suggested writing assignments/themes.

write at your own pace, at your own time

Upload excerpts or all you have written that day to a private folder/blog daily - this keeps you accountable to your writing

Write as much or little as you like - It's up to you.



FACILITATED FEEDBACK​
This upload folder is accessible to all participants

You are encouraged (but not required) to read/skim/glance at each other's work and share brief nurturing responses in periodic group emails facilitated by me.

The gentle and nurturing tone of the responses will be set in our first GROUP SESSION and deepened in our email exchanges.



G​ROUP SESSIONS

There will be 3 group sessions over the course of this retreat

For each session, you'll receive an invitation to call in via telephone or log in with your computer/internet connection and webcam. We'll use Zoom, a free software to download and easy to set up.

The timings for the session may change depending on the time zone of the participants; or I might schedule 2 group sessions at diff times. If none of the times work for you, you'll receive a link to a recording of the session

G​ROUP SESSIONS SCHEDULE

​GROUP SESSION 1 (online/phone)
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Sun, March 29 at  10am MST* (30 min): 
guided meditations + play + setting our intentions

GROUP SESSION 2 (online/phone)
Friday, April 3 at 10 am MST* (30 min):
share process, challenges and adapt intentions 

GROUP SESSION 3 (online/phone)

Tue, April 7 at 10 am MST (30 min): 
online/phone FINAL SHARING FIESTA 

FEE
IN CONSIDERATION OF THIS VULNERABLE FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT MANY OF US ARE LIVING,
THE FEE IS $50 (usd) + tax
.

For addl info/questions:
please write or call Shebana Coelho,
cell 609 651 5840 (MST)    |    writeoutloud13 at gmail dot com

TO REGISTER

pay the fee via Paypal
&
send me an email at writeoutloud13 at gmail dot com
with your name and email address

(for other payment options, please contact me)

FOUR SESSIONS EN SANTA FE -
CREATE FROM THE ENCOUNTER WITH MONGOLIA 

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STARTING MAY 29, 2019 IN SANTA FE OR WHEREVER YOU ARE
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Write Out Loud: speak your silence

a writing workshop to mine the creative silences within and transform them into 
short fiction, memoir & lyric pieces 
3 sessions to jumpstart your creativity in June:  June 5, 12 and 26
 ...with the possibility of continuing in July.
·     Where: Private home, Santa Fe northside
·     Time: 6pm to 8:15pm
·     Fee: $ 115
  • All writing levels welcome.
  • Featuring in-class writing, along with readings, sharing and listening/movement exercises and visualizations
  • Led by Shebana Coelho, award-winning filmmaker and writer
  • **Limited to 11*
  • INFO: writeoutloud13@gmail.com/cell 609 651 5840
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A new BLOG Write Out Loud Santa Fe featuring writing from the creativity workshops

We the people
a creative writing & action workshop
after 
a divisive election
Weekend intensive - November 19 & 20 in Santa Fe

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Faraway is Close
in Zuni Pueblo, starting June 11
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Write One on One

guided writing sessions * manuscript consultation
...so you are not alone on the written road
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TESTIMONIALS
"This workshop was a game changer…
"positive environment"   "an open heart "  'dig deep and surprise ourselves"

"Thank you for lighting a fire inside me."
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Previous Workshops

                            ReWrite the Past, Re-Vision the Present 
     a creativity workshop that invokes our oral traditions  to create prose/spoken word pieces
  • who names you? who are your ancestors in lineage and spirit?
  • what writing is waiting to emerge from family oral traditions?
  • what writing emerges when you connect to someone else’s memories?
Using a combination of movement exercises, visualizations, writing prompts, and theatrical techniques, we will mine memories, family stories, myths - both ours and those of other lineages - to create short prose and spoken word pieces that invoke our ancestors of spirit and lineage. After writing, we will present these pieces within our group so we can hear our own voices out loud telling the stories that only we can tell. We will create within a supportive, nurturing workshop, inspired by our connective and collective histories.

·     When: 3 Sundays starting February 22, 2015
·     Where: Santa Fe Southside

·     Time: 10 am to 1pm
·     Fee: $ 115
·     **Limited to 15**


Manifesting Story

What are your untold stories? 
If your unwritten characters spoke, what would they say? What would they do? 

Using assorted "jumpstarts" - writing triggers, visualizations - we will do in-class writing exercises to give voice to characters and texture to story, all to mine those creative silences within and nudge the subconscious out -- first, onto a page and later, out loud so we hear our own voices telling the stories only we can tell.

WEEKEND INTENSIVE
Dates: Sat, February 22 and Sunday, February 23
Time: 11 am-2 pm
Fee: $95
At: Private Residence, Santa Fe  

FIND US ON FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/writeoutloudsf

Write, Start to Finish

Come with an idea for a fiction or memoir piece, and leave with pages. 
Over the course of 5 weeks we will work on your piece, 
focusing on structuring beginnings, middles, and ends.

Date: 5 Tuesdays starting October 22 
Time: 6-8 pm 
Fee: $113
At:  Private Residence, Santa Fe  87505 (nr Sawmill)
* Limited to 13 *
• All writing levels welcome
In-class readings, writing exercises and creative “jumpstarts”

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/writeoutloudsf
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Write Out Loud

speak your silence
a writing workshop to mine the creative silences within and transform them into 
short fiction & memoir pieces that are presented at a group reading/spoken word showcase
  • All writing levels welcome.
  • Featuring in-class writing exercises, readings and other "jumpstarts" to make your stories manifest. 
  • Culminates in a group reading on March 19. 
  • Led by Shebana Coelho, award-winning filmmaker and writer
  • **Limited to 13** 
When: 6 Tuesdays starting February 12
Time: 4 pm to 6 pm
Fee: $150.00
Where:
Teatro Paraguas Studio 
3205 Calle Marie, Suite B
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
(near the intersection of Rufina & Richards)
To Register/Info
email: writeoutloud13@gmail.com
cell: 609-651-5840
www.shebanacoelho.com
For other immersive workshops, visit www.santafecreativetourism.org

JUMPSTART FICTION WORKSHOP
what are your untold stories?
In-class writing exercises, readings & critiques
to JUMPSTART new stories and REVISION old work.
Led by award-winning filmmaker and writer Shebana Coelho, 
a 2004 Fiction Fellow of the New York Foundation for the Arts

Weekend Intensive Workshop in Santa Fe
Date: Two Sundays, December 2 & 9, 2012
Time: 1pm-4pm each day
Location: Lucky Bean Downtown Cafe, San Busco Center
Fee: $100

To register/for more info 
cell: 609 651 5840
email: shebana@aol.com

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