Stories begin with you.
You have a natural ability to bring random ideas and thoughts, bits and pieces together and create a story.
We lose that ability sometimes.
Here at Where Stories Begin, our hope is that we can open up a space, a place where you can remember your ability to tell stories,
to not take yourself, your writing or life too seriously,
after all everything is just a story.
Come join us every Monday between 18:00 – 19:30 for a Zoom Writing Session
your first visit is free
if it suits you come every week
52 Weeks of Writing
The first thing I remember writing was a poem for a class in high school. It was about a janitor…
Week 1: Writing Freely – Start digging for Stories
A few years back my life was very different from what it is today. My mother in law was bedridden,…
Week 2: Remembering to Write – More digging
About five or six years after I moved to Turkey, I visited my parents in Fairfax. I was married then…
Week 3: Making Lists
A few years after I had opened the Writing House in Istanbul, my students told me there was a wonderful…
Week 4: Clustering – Breaking apart to come together
On August 17th 1999 at 3 a.m. we awoke to an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The center of…
Week 5: The Seasons of a Writer – Winter
The Dead of Winter by SAMUEL MENASHE In my coat I sitAt the window sillWintering with snowThat did not meltIt…
Week 6: The Seasons of a Writer – Spring
March, April, May, the three months of Spring. In the Tao spring is a time to put forth, to display.…
Week 7: The Seasons of a Writer – Summer
Summer is the season of ‘flowering’. Summer is the season of the heart. It is yang energy. It’s element is…