Write With Me 📝
Welcome to The Mindful Writer, where creativity meets mindfulness to help you develop your craft while fostering a deeper connection to yourself and others, to your writing practice, and to the world around you. Whether you're looking to write compelling fiction, explore your personal stories, or enhance your overall wellbeing through writing, I have a course or workshop designed for you.
I teach online writing courses and Zoom workshops, provide 1-1 coaching and run monthly Mindful Writing Marathons. I would love to work with you to help you connect more deeply and mindfully to your writing.
My teaching brings in mindfulness, Taoism, Buddhism and other ancient wisdoms alongside therapeutic journaling and positive psychology, as well as everything I have learned about storytelling in the past 20 years of writing my own novels, short stories and essays, publishing other people’s, and working with hundreds of writers to help them develop their work. Find out more about me here.
My online creative writing courses are about discovering the stories that live in your heart and bones, and learning to pour words onto the page without fear. They’ve all been written with love. 💙 Paid members of my Substack get discounts and early booking opportunities, as well as lots of other great things to find ways to live and write more mindfully.
If you want to make meaning from your own lived experience...The Mindful Memoir Course guides you through the sacred act of transforming your memories into meaningful narrative, helping you find the universal truths within your personal journey and write your story with courage, compassion, and authentic voice.
If you're ready to write with deeper purpose...Compassionate Storytelling shows you how to create fiction, memoir and life writing that fosters healing, understanding, and positive change in our world.
If you want to transform your entire writing practice...A Year of Mindful Writingoffers twelve months of guided exploration to help you develop a sustainable, joyful writing practice that nourishes both your craft and your soul.
If you want deep, committed and personalised guidance…The Mindful Mentoring Program is six months of one-to-one work combining personalised craft development with mindfulness practices to help you complete a draft of a novel or memoir and fill your writing practice with meaning and joy.
Lovely things people have said about my work
“Amanda isn’t just a writing teacher; she is a mentor and a guide. I unequivocally recommend her courses and coaching if you seek to improve your writing, connect more deeply with yourself and the creative force, and find renewed joy in life and in your writing.”
— Loretta Finan
“The Mindful Writer is a beautiful sanctuary to reflect on how writing can become a practice of deep connection and transformation. Amanda teaches and showcases how writers can craft stories with empathy, intention, and purpose. Readers learn to slow down, reflect on their creative voice, and use their writing to inspire and touch hearts.”
— Michele Parad
“I wholeheartedly urge anyone who is interested in understanding, improving and refining their writing to work with Amanda. Not only does she give valuable advice about the nuts-and-bolts of storytelling, she digs so much deeper into what your story is about, exposing what is missing but also revealing hidden layers to be explored, helping you craft stories with depth which are meaningful and memorable.”
— Sally Curtis